Spider and I (part 4)

(How about this blog-color compromise?)

If you haven't been following: part 1, part 2, part 3

I'll have some news about Spider and an offer on Sunday. Have a good weekend.

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The kids played below while I listened to Spider breathe all afternoon. I thought about killing him sometimes, how I'd do it. He didn't exactly hold me hostage, but I didn't know any other life. He started mumbling, mostly incoherent ramblings, when the sun crawled really close to the horizon. I looked a my bag,...