She paused for a second, and I took control.“Two hundred a day, plus expenses.” She didn’t flinch. “Cash, upfront.” A smile broke across h...er face.“Mr. Tarakan, you come highly recommended.” She oozed insincerity. “Let’s speak again in a week.” Draining her glass she produced an envelope from within her coat. “Five thousand dollars cash, as a down payment, and this is my husband’s resume, and the last five sightings of him.” There was nothing paranormal about this, but I was still opening. “Hey,” I responded trying to hold my surprise and astonishment to see her here without any friends nearby. “What are you doing here?” I asked. Trying to look into her eyes but also trying to get a glimpse at her tits held behind a black bikini with my peripheral vision. She pointed to the bottle of tanning lotion in her left hand “‘bout to catch some rays, you look like you could too,” she said referencing my horrendous tan lines “what are you doing?” She asked“Just getting ready to leave” I. It was just a matter properly setting up the ropes, putting my wrists and ankles through the loops and pulling until things tightened. If it was too tight, I could squirm a little to loosen it, but I couldn’t make it loose enough to get free. And since only one of my hands had to be free for me to free myself from the ropes, I had a safety in the double release mechanisms.The only question now was whether I did this when the cave was closed or on one my days off while there were tour groups. His words kind of shocked me out of my revery. "What? Second thoughts?No. Of course not. I was just thinking about how sad the whole situationis."Mitch nodded. "There?s no way that death isn?t going to be sad, honey,but I guess this is a bit sadder than most cases." Marie seems to be taking it all in stride."He shook his head. "No she?s not. She just doesn?t comprehend it all,just yet. She might not even understand it when Evie passes on. Shedidn?t really seem to process things when William.