moved.”
65 They went quickly to work and in less than an hour a convoy of cars
slipped from The Golden Key's parking lot and headed out of the city.
Some of them headed for a warehouse in the city's outskirts, where
the captives could be cared for. Two of them went to Bright Serpent's
house. When they were unloading, Bullet was surprised to see the woman
from the manager's apartment getting out of the other van. "What's SHE
doing here?" demanded Bullet.
66 "She said she knows the records" one of the men explained, "and
would show us everything, if we brought her with us. She said something
about the chains being loose, and she might as well break them. She's
dead, anyway. Do you know what she's talking about?"
67 "I think so," answered Bullet. "Let her help, but keep an eye on
her, just in case."
68 The first thing they did was count the money. To their amazement
they found that they had six-million-fifty-eight-thousand-seven-hundred-and-eighty-nine credits
piled on the table! They figured the rings, jewelry and the things they
had taken from the house, and the dead customers, would be another
million, at least. "What do we do with it all?" One of the men gasped.
69 "I think," Bullet suggested, "we ought to split it evenly with the
men who took part in the raid, and the prisoners that were in the
house. If we set up a trust for each of them, the interest will give
them a nice little income for the rest of their lives. Small payment
for the indignity they shared.
70 The women in the house don't need a share. I've been told they were
getting their fair percentage. I claim no portion, myself.
Let my share be divided up among the others."