Book2:KigdomIteDreams
andfluctuateddownintothegarden.ItwastheendofNovember.Afterahotanddrysummer,thegrassandshrubsweretinderdry.WhiteFairyfoundadarkspotinthebackyardwherethegrassackedandigwithMr.Kaffe’slighter.Thetwoguardsrushedtothebackyardandtriedtoputoutthebze,neversuspegittobeahoax.WhiteFairyimmediatelyunlockedthefrontgateainRichard,JamazandBig-Oaitingoutside.Theyimmediatelysurgedin.Afterputtingoutthefire,thetwoguardsreturnedandweresurprisedtobefrontedbyuedintruders.Beforetheyhadtimetoreact,theywererenderedhelplessbystrongarmsthatchokedtheirnecks,whichweretheneasilyshaclearcrack.BigOandJamaz’ssinisterandruthlesswayofkillingweresoandsimpleitseemedtobesynized.Theythendraggedtocorpsesintoashadowyerandhidthembehindbushes.MeanwhileRichardrushedintothehousetoseeiftherewereanyuardsinside.WhiteFairybroughtRomidowairsandranoutthegatetowardstheparkedcars.Richards’seyeslookedalroundandfoundnoone.Uponseeingasuitcaseontheroundtable,hisoldhabitofpigupthingsontheslycameintopy.Hethought, “Hey!Iriskedmylifetoehere.I’tjustleaveempty-handed!”Sohecasuallyfilchedthesuitcaseandtookitwithhim.JamazcameuponBigOkneelingonthegroundbeforethedeadguards,hislipsmovingasifintandprayer.Hepulledhimupanddraggedhimtothedoorsaying, “Let’sgoquick.Wehavenotimetowaste.”Richardbroughtuptherearandclosedthegatebehindhim,leavingnoclueofwhathadtakenpce.Whehreeofthemcametothecar,theysawMr.Kaffeeatthedriver’sseatofthejalopywithabeautifulwomansittiohimholdierlilyinherhand.Shelookedsadanddowncast.WhenMr.KaffeesawthesuitcaseinRichar