The Devil's Punchbowl
“All she knew was that for years Simpson had been a good pastor and tried to help people, especially the poor. Thered been some talk about him and a couple of the young girls in the congregation, but shed never had any trouble with him. Hed recognized Linda almost immediately, and hed taken her into the church and washed her wounds with water from the sink in the one bathroom they had. She hadnt told him the truth of coursenot because she didnt trust him, but because she was afraid she m...ight bring terrible harm down onto him or his followers. Hed sat there for half an hour with his silver hair and red skin and sympathetic eyes while she told him a lie about getting involved with a man shed met on the gambling boat, a man whod been in prison, who had almost killed her with a beating, and who would kill her if he found her. No, she couldnt go to the police, she said, because the man had friends in the police, on both sides of the river. Pastor Simpson had shaken his head and promised to do all he could to help, including getting her out of town.MoreLess
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