” “No!” her eyes shot up to meet mine. “You can’t! I’ll lose my job, or everyone will find out. It was stupid and can’t we just forget i...t? I’ll do anything. Just don’t show the tape to anyone!” she begged. Her hands began wringing the handle of the whisk she’s forgotten in her hand. “Anything?” I asked, with terrible thoughts boiling in my brain. “Anything.” She confirmed. “Okay. I can make the tape disappear,” I responded, then eyed Abbie up and down as she stood before me. “Stop me if I go. He asked me to remove the mangalasutra from my wifes neck. I objected and they hit me so I went near my wife lowered my head and removed the mangalasutra from her neck. At the same time the prophet removed the mangalasutra from my sisters neck. The prophet handed a mangalasutra to the venkat and Rashmin and asked them to go near their brides. The venkat came near my wife and Rashmin went near my sister. The prophet asked the venkat weather he likes to marry Niha? He said yes. Then prophet asked. “Mrs. Vandermeer?”Confusion and more than a little fear wrapped steel claws around my heart as she watched over me. Perhaps sensing the gravity of the moment, her expression turned serious as she brushed the hair from my face with her free hand, murmuring soft wordless consolations.“Yes, baby?”“I… like it when you hurt me. It makes it… when I… come, it’s… so intense. What’s wrong with me?”Suddenly frightened, hot tears welled up in my eyes and clung to my dark lashes. Did she look at me and see. I’d watching this video at least a dozen times now ... perhaps even a hundred times, and I had no inclination towards conducting any blood sacrifices to either Satan or Cthulhu either!What I did want now was a couple of hamburgers and then go make one last phone call ... and perhaps get some revenge after all?I never learned ‘Jack’s’ real name or anything at all about him. He was the friend that Hubert’s had given his insurance disc to, and how had forwarded it on to me a week later. I’d.