Opal forced her eyes wide. "Surely not! Oh, Mr. Brown, but why?"

Willie shrugged. "Me and Grover told him it wasn't the right way to do things. But he said he had no choice." He paused. "And now, as his heir, that spirit's gonna claim your soul."

"How ... why ... I don't understand. What does this mean?"

"It means this Yellow Spirit's gonna come to you and ask you to finish what your daddy didn't--to bring more souls to him to repay your daddy's debt."

"How do I stop it?" Opal wailed.

"Ain't no way," Willie said, his voice barely above a whisper. "You gotta repay the debt, or you'll meet an early demise, and then it'll fall on your heirs." He shook his head, staring at the sid...

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