Keeping my eyes on the screen of my laptop, I said, "Well, regardless of the cost, all of those jerks are dead now. They won't bother us anymore. Do you ever play video games? I'm ordering some to occupy me while I'm locked up here." I had no idea whether the necklace would do anything to her or not, of course. There was a decent chance that it was just biding its time, but we had no way of knowing that. "Don't stress over the necklace," I said, "It's hidden and locked away now. We'll just leave it there and everything should be alright." Why was I trying to make Vivian feel better? She had said such cruel things to me...