“You thought the earth would keep your secret.

You thought you could put three people in a box, cover us over with wet mud, and simply walk away with the money.”

I leaned in toward the microphone, so that every person in that room would hear it.

“But you never understood what a mother will do to keep her children breathing.

And you forgot one plain law of the natural world.” I looked from one of them to the other.

“Seeds require darkness in order to grow.