This Girl for Hire (21 page)
I ran to the bow of the yacht and I threw
my hands over my ears, but I could still hear it. Only now it wasn't my laughter any more, it was Herb Nelson's. His wild, maniacal laughter. And I suddenly knew his prediction had come true.
Herb Nelson had had the last laugh. Even if it killed him.
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