Chapter 80

"Then, broadening out, we found an empty road. A thousand paces bore us on (and more), each of us silent, each contemplative."

-Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

My phone was buzzing in my pocket as I walked back to Ricky's apartment in the middle of the afternoon. I wanted to tell Arthur everything, but I had no idea where to start.

"Gee, Arthur, I meant to tell you that I was half demon, but you know this never came up. Oh and our daughter has been taken by a psychopathic bitch that wants to slice her body in order to heal herself."