He needed a good, full time, year round job. To his beloved sister Julie fell the unpleasant task of informing him that his cash, his link to the futu...re, his lifeline, was no more. ‘Remember that fancy car and boat that Duane bought just before he left last summer,’ Julie began. ‘I know you thought he had made a lot of money at the store downtown, and, yes, it was a very good job, but the money he had to buy the car and boat, to go away, was all from his account down at the bank. Mom managed to. Not unfit for your employment; simply unhealthy in your fitness level. That is an unacceptable situation.” John glared at them as he said this, as if challenging them to contradict him. No-one did.He went on, “This tells me that before I work on techniques for you dealing with malcontents in the population, I need to bring your own fitness levels up to a higher standard. I anticipated this might be the case, so I consulted with Colonel Kempe and we have produced a plan to find out exactly what. ”“Or clearly you have returned. You are a man of many mysteries, Mr. Radley.”“Yeah.” He turned away from Amir, then paused and turned back. “Any luck finding your succubus?”Amir’s features flinched. “She has been rather elusive, but I am a patient man. I have lived countless centuries and will undoubtedly live countless more. That is why I have decided that I no longer care about gaining your cooperation. It would be far easier to kill you and whoever shows up to claim your inheritance. If I do. "What...?" Cameron, let David get your doctor..."I tried sitting up but found a strap across my chest holding me down."Just tell me, Kendra, I'm completely destroyed down there, aren't I?"She had this habit of moving her jaw back and forth in poker games wehad played before. I always took it as a sign she was bluffing and tobet big on the pot. It had never served me wrong as a 'tell' with her,and I knew I was screwed."Don't try and move yet, they want to keep you still for now," she toldme, not.