" Thea paused and brought her right hand to her eyes in a gesture of despair. "I can still see the horrible mutilated bodies at the morgue when they c...lled me in for the identification... They said their car lost control on a curve, hitting the stone pillar of the bridge." She brought her eyes back to face Miss Hendricks, "They were both killed instantly." Try not to dwell on the past," Miss Hendricks gently interrupted, "let me go get Lisa. You can talk to her in privacy here in my office. "We'll beak for a cup of tea, now." said Algernon as soon as he was satisfied. "Veronica had better stay put. We don't want all the trouble of arranging her again and getting it wrong. Some film buffs never miss a trick continuity-wise! And you still need to concentrate on the screaming, Veronica. Remember you are being beaten half to death, by not given a playful slap on the bum by the boyfriend."As the others had their tea and biscuits, Veronica stayed where she was, suspended and stretched. I hate it, it takes up a lot of my time but it has to be done.”“No doubt. Then there’s inventory and work orders and billing and collecting debts and all sorts of other issues,” I continued.“Yeah,” he sighed. “Just talking about it makes me tired,” he chuckled. “Do you really think you could cut down on the amount of time it takes to do those things?”“Yes ... I’m pretty sure, mainly because you would have so much more information at your fingertips. In fact, just in talking to you, I think I. ” He went back to his chair and sat down.Livia knew she would never be able to retaliate directly against him, not if she also wanted to keep her job. But she had been considering a somewhat indirect and partial way to do it. That meant that Jake might get something out of it too, but she could see no way around that.When she felt like she was in control of herself again, she said, “D’Amato, I’ve got to talk to you about something.” She knew he didn’t like it when she left the mister out. “I’d.