“Let’s go,” he said to Lew. “We’ve still got ten minutes.”
They made for the door.
“Hey!” I shouted, “don’t leave me with this dame. She might start something.”
Peppi paused and smiled at me, “She will,” he said, “maybe you won’t be in such a hurry to double-cross me next time.” He looked over at Lydia, “When you’re through, tell Toni to park him in the river.”
She nodded.
“We’ll be back pretty soon,” Peppi said, and they all went out leaving me with Lydia.
I admit, right at that moment I was losing a lot of weight. I strained on the cords that held me but I couldn’t budge them.
There was a cold efficiency about Lydia that told me she was going through with this.
She was batty, of course. As crazy as a bug, but that didn’t help me.
“Well,” she said, “we’re ready to go. All you have to do is to sit still. I’m quick and it won’t hurt for a few hours, anyway,” she chuckled. “Then it’ll hurt plenty.”