As he sat nursing his beer, he suddenly heard his name being called out. The voice was so unmistakable that he immediately recognized its owner, thoug...h it had been many years since he actually heard her speak. No, this was not his cheating bitch of an ex-wife; though in his mind it was a tossup as to which woman he despised more."Mrs. Murphy," he replied, barely acknowledging her presence, "I'd heard you were back in town," he said in his most monotone voice."Hello, Derek, and please call me. ” “If you pick Burry alive you lie at the bottom of the ditch and I will burry you.” “I have no idea how long that takes to die.“If you pick Hang and Strangle I will tie the rope to tree and you will pushed off a chair to be strangled by the noose.” “That takes four or five minutes to die.”“If you Pick Behead with an axe you will lie face up over a log exposing your neck so I can chop off your head using the axe.” “Death will come in seconds after that”“If you pick “Cut in half by a sword.”. As predicted, the first thing they did after their agents stormed into the compound, was slap me in cuffs and haul me out. Robles made a noble effort to convince them we were all playing for the same team, but these guys were already pissed at the Marshals, and weren’t inclined to do him any favors.I don’t know what happened to Renata. Yuri’s trial is coming up, and I heard from Lowenstein she was still listed as a prosecution witness. It seems she’s safe and sound, for now.After I was pulled. She was still a very attractive woman as well, he thought, and must have been quite a beauty in her younger days. Despite what she said about her husband he had probably had fears about her being charmed away by another man and equalled her effort in their relationship to ensure she stayed with him. It had probably been a contented marriage because they had each worked hard at it.Her shoulder length dark hair was liberally streaked with grey which she made no attempt to disguise, and she always.