There were more people inside than out and the pews were crammed. The immediate family and a few friends then held a private ceremony before the caske... was fed into the flames. Following that, it was back to the gardens they'd hired for the celebration of Freddie's life.At one end, a stage had been set up and a roster of bands and musicians had been organised to entertain the mourners. A brief appearance of the still-living members of Freddie and Mick's old band The Strobes was to be followed. While I returned to my life as a single and seriously unattached bachelor, who had been touched by love twice in my lifetime and already resigned to coping with the loss I felt heavy in my heart.It would be hard to get over Mary, the lovely girl behind that highly public persona.I know my pain was self-inflicted, but it would be all my own fault this time. I chided myself for being such an old fool, especially as Mary had warned me at the outset not to fall in love with her.I know why she. Slowly she started opening up and told more about herself and family. I also wanted to get as many details as possible before meeting her. She was a 22 yr old B.Com student, and family was not doing too great financially, so she was working in this call centre. She was staying with parents and brother. I thought to myself, taking her out for the night is impossible. I have to bed her in daytime Whenever I spoke to her, I used to tell her that she has a beautiful voice, and I'm sure she looked. "No, go ahead," she said. "You know, after the Halloween Party, I was beginning to like this place. Now, all of a sudden, it makes me sick." Deer season?" John asked. "It's one of those things that a lot of us hate, but we've learned that we have to put up with." There's no reason you should have to put up with such senseless butchery," she said. "These murderers make me sick." Well, I don't care for deer hunters myself," John said. "But, over the years, I've come to apprehend a bit of the.