You understand? If you want to keep the clerk's job, you will also keep your mouth shut!” Reed practically screamed in James' ear.Nodding, James replied, “Of course. What in the hell was that, though? Not many women out there made of whatever Miss Stone has in her.”“And thank God for that, right?” Reed added, reaching inside his breast pocket for a small flask. Greedily, he sucked down four large gulps, washed the top with a handkerchief, then tucked the ensemble back into his coat.“That damn family,” he continued. “I can't say I don't feel sorry for the lot of them. The only one with any sense was her grandfather. John Stone has spent the past decade trying to put Lilith in a madhouse so he can keep her under his thumb and get the fortune she stands to receive. Her mother spends all her time trying different cures for their idiot twelve year old and falling prey to the snake oil salesmen who call themselves 'doctors.' She also claims to have some sort of ague that won't go away, but she always has headaches and pains and random blindness.
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