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49.A GAME OF ULTIMATE DESIRE

~DELMUNDO

Every one of us on this planet has a mission no matter how big or small. My mission was to come out of my father's shadow but that was easier said than done.

Every decision I made from the day I made Pamela mine was to be a different man from my father. He never loved my mother, he just wanted her womb.

To date, I do not know where she went or disappeared. It was one of the reasons I kept a close watch on Pamela.

I am not a good guy or a hero. I am a survivor who wants to stay at the top of the food chain for as long as I can or till I become slow and a bullet puts me out of my misery.

I had purposely left Pamela with Lady Croft so I could ask her what transpired. I wanted to understand the kind of woman Croft was. Fortunately, Pamela told me what I needed to know without me saying a single word.

The dining room also had large bookshelves filled with all types of editions of old manuscripts and maps. I spotted Dante Alighieri's inferno. It w