No previous healthproblems. Will probably be unprepared’ I see. Yes. Well,Mr. Duchose, I am here to inform you that you are now ata new stage of...your existence. That is, you are what youwould describe as ‘dead.’ “Actually it is the wrong term, but that is what youwould probably call it. Your other life ended lastnight, and you have now arrived here. I am your personalservant, and this is your room, and for quite some time,perhaps for all ‘time’ you will. It was embarrassing to watch. I fidgeted with my skirt, looking down at my feet, while wishing that I had more of a backbone and could say no to June and mean it. I could be at home watching old reruns on TV…in my sweats. “Hey, Kelsey. Good to see you,” Jared said. I was taken aback. He’d barely said two words to me since we’d officially met at the carnival. “Um, hey Jared.” I stared at him stupidly. “Well, come on! We’re going to be late…the movie starts in less than five minutes!” June. He was already running late but he didn’t hurry. He’d told Maya he’d be there at seven thirty but it was going to be more like quarter to eight by the time he got over there. Who the fuck cares, he thought. Let her wait. When he got to her front door he was still angry, only now he was also tired and hungry. Not a good combination. He tried to tell himself to calm down. He knocked on the door. It only took a moment before she opened it. ‘Hey,’ she said with a smile. ‘Hey,’ he said flatly. He. I got showered and brushed and I went downstairs. Michelle was in the kitchen when I got there."Where's Rachel?" she asked."I sent her home," I said."But her robe is still here!" Michelle protested."I told her not to wear it home," I explained."But her mother was home!" Michelle said."I know," I said. "Her mother sent her over to get me, dressed in just the robe. So I sent her back with nothing."Michelle just stared at me, her mouth open."Close your mouth or someone might put something in it,".