That put everything in perspective. The coffin in the picture had been empty. I knew this for a fact. I had driven Constance to scatter it's would be ...ccupants ashes into the sea not three months earlier. His last picture was in a password protected folder on our hard-drive back at the studio. Crap. And crap again."Any others?" I asked.Constance shook her head. "This is the only one in these shelves. There may be more in the bedroom." We were silent for a minute. At last, she looked up. "What. So she walked up the stairs to his room in the attic and heard loud Heavy Metal music coming from behind his closed door. When Peter didn't answer her after her first knock, she just opened the door, cause she figured he couldn't hear her. She was right about the hearing part, but was very surprised at the scene unfolded in front of her. Her brother was naked, sitting behind his computer looking at some porn on the Internet, while jerking off his 7-inch boner. She stood nailed to the floor and. He did ace most of his tests, but he could take what he'd learned and apply it to real situations. Ammon Abrams was scary smart, that's what he was." That's kind of the way it was for us through middle school and on through high school. Ammon helped me with my school work, and I helped him along socially. We double dated frequently. I was a social butterfly, flitting from one girlfriend to another, and each new girl friend had her circle of friends. Every pretty girl has a friend who is. We would go outside and I would throw the Frisbee for him, which was his favorite game. When I would watch TV on the couch, buck would be lying next to me with his head in my lap. Everywhere I went, he went. I would take him for walks and he would be walking right beside me, never pulling away from the leash. He was the perfect companion.On one rainy Friday night I let Buck out to do his business before bed. When I let him back inside, he was covered in mud from head to paw. I swore at him, now.