‘You’re going to kill me.’ I said. ‘You might as well tell me, satisfy a condemned man’s curiosity?’ ‘Curiosity killed the cat.’ said ...ed. ‘But satisfaction brought him back. And I can only kill you once, I can’t have you coming back with nine lives and causing me problems.’ ‘And speaking of nine lives… that’s getting to be how many I‘ve taken by now.’ Ned continued. ‘The most pleasurably wonderful was that God-damned piece of shit Todd. Uncle Donny, you have no idea how much I hated that. Even the best chefs on TV mainly excel at combination and presentation. You covered both of those features very well with the entire meal.”Later, after watching an old movie, a light comedy on DVD, they finished the last two small glasses of wine from the bottle they had started at dinner. During the movie Dawn had leaned back against Matti’s chest, and he had enveloped her in his arms. They resumed this arrangement after they picked up their glasses.When there was a lull in their conversation,. It was Candace."Doctor Catherine, there's another test subject here," Candace said."Candace, how many times do I have to remind you? You know the procedure.Get them to sign the consent release form and send them back." There's no need for them to sign the release form, Doctor," Candace saidwith a sly smile."Of course they need to sign the form! Can't you get it through that thickskull of yours?" Oh no Doctor, there's no need for the form, the test subject is righthere!" Where, I don't see him?". I stopped, and although confused the girl let me go. I explained I couldn’t leave my cousin… she was young and had no ride home. She accepted my rejection, nullified by my chivalrous excuse. She thought I was being a good older cousin, almost like a big brother… if she only knew. She gave me her number and said I should stop by after I dropped the “k**” off at home. This annoyed me, Beth was twice the woman she was, but I smiled and promised to call.I faced a new dilemma. I had to go back into.