His left hand gripped her shoulder, pressing her head tight against the hard, flat plane of his stomach. Then he lowered her hand down and closed it around the hardness. He lifted her hand to his mouth and licked it. She had never seen one before except on a baby. He shifted in his pajamas, and the part of him that made him a man stuck out, reddish purple and frightening. “Come on over here.” He pulled her to her feet, close to him. He took one of her hands in his and squeezed it. Naomi sat up quickly and scrambled backward. Henry came to the side of her bed and pulled back the covers. When Estella asked him why, he said simply, 'It's how a house should be.' She hadn't protested. He had put locks on all the bedroom doors the week before. 'I knew you were awake.” He closed the door behind him and locked it. “You thought you fooled me, but I fooled you,' he said. The graphic child molestation description on page 68 is literally CHILD pornography, and violates 76-5b-201: 'Henry was staring right at her. 'Come with me, son,' he said, taking Beto by the shoulders. He was still dry-heaving into the leaves, choking on his own sobs, when Jim turned around. Beto vomited, took a step toward the bodies, then vomited again. Jim crouched down beside Wash and Naomi and checked for a pulse. Did not register his presence until he pulled the shotgun away and tossed it in the direction of Henry's body. a Beto did not notice Jim Fuller's arrival. He looked around at what had been his family. Beto had been aiming for Henry's heart, but he missed. A good part of his head was on the trunk of the tree behind where he had been standing. Just fire.” And it was easy Henry fell backward. His Adam's apple bobbed against the skin of his neck. 389) 'trigger, felt the gun lifting to his shoulder. Graphic violence describing parts of a head being blown off and sticking to a tree trunk (p. The shotgun lay on the far side of Naomi, out of reach. I've got the gun right here.” Beto looked long enough to see the revolver his father held near his sister's face. Then he pushed her back until her head was on the ground. 'Henry,” she protested, “I haven't-I've never-” “You've lied enough already,' he said. Don't try to tell me this is the first time you've done this,” Henry said. Beto wanted to run to her, but he couldn't move. The clouds cleared then, and tears shone on her face. “Don't do this, Henry.' Naomi's lip trembled as she spoke.

What do you do with a field you own? You plow it.” He walked over to Naomi. 'Now I'm going to show you another side of what it means to be a man. He crossed to the tree and tested the knots one by one before turning his back to Wash. “That wasn't so hard, was it?” Henry said when Beto finished. 380-381) Beto tied Wash to the tree with shaking fingers.

Out of darkness by ashley perez