Summary

In “Card XII The Star,” during one of their sessions, Stan told Lilith he did not drink because the smell reminded him of wood alcohol, the sort of alcohol Pete had drunk before he died. Pete told Lilith the death had taken place in Burleigh, Mississippi, and that he had been having an affair with Pete’s wife. Later, Lilith wrote down the location of Pete’s death.

Lilith and Stan began having an affair. Lilith used sex and her emotions to control Stan. Stan, meanwhile, believed the relationship would give him access to Lilith’s files. If he had access to the secrets in those files, he could earn a good deal of money doing cold readings. One night in Lilith’s apartment, Lilith returned from the bathroom and told Stan that trying to look at...