I'd realized I'd skipped lunchentirely when I looked at my watch to see it was 5 o'clock. I packed mybriefcase, hopped in the car and drove to Leah's...mom's place. NatalieJones had been divorced for a few years, and at 45 she still lookedpretty good, even though she was a little sweaty and disheveled. Shethanked me for the video and invited me in for a bite to eat. Iaccepted, since Leah was going to be a little late tonight anyway.Leah's brother Scott was there- he was a senior in college. She was a widow and childless. Her husband had died of a heart attack at the age of forty-five. To her great sadness she had been the one who was infertile. She had been alone for five years at the time Anne was killed and she had every sympathy for Hank. She knew though that he would maintain a stiff upper lip and so did no more than offer her condolences and say that she was always available if he wanted professional advice. Of course, as she surmised, he never did.Being single she seldom. Men are not women. We notice everything. They notice nothing. Aslong as they are fed, cleaned and given lots of sex they can be keptdomesticated, and obvious to a woman's control or even a woman'scharacter. The only thing Perry might notice is a distinct improvement in'you'. " She smiled smugly. Not for the first time Louise wished there was no glass between them. Sheso wanted to claw that beautiful, smug superior face. "God I want to kill you! You're a monster to steal my body and my lifeand. "You could put it that way, I guess." And the way you look these days - it's like you're a totally differentperson. Mom says when she watches you head off to work she thinks youlook like a catalog model, you look so put together." She's still spying on me?" I giggled, thinking 'What a nice thing forher to say.' "Well, I just want to look as good as I can ... I'vealways been like that, you know?" Don't I know it ..." Kath, it's me - it's who I am. And Rob loves me like this too. So Ihave to look.