Matt thought learning that his parents were both dead was awful, but he found out that the funeral proceedings, if anything, were even more horrible. ...irst there were the meetings with the funeral director, and deciding what he wanted for funeral arrangements. It hammered home to him the fact that he’d never see his parents again. Then came the wake, which involved hours of sitting in the funeral home while people filed through the room past the two closed caskets in which his parents’ bodies. "The ambulance was too much equipped for my liking. Those reinforced walls, soundproofed, and gave me the creeps. The nurse tried to calm me down, telling me that I was not going to be in handcuffs or anything like that. I guess that's okay. The trip took ages, As I looked to the city vanishing in the horizon, I thought about my life there, the school, mom, Harry, even the girl from the arcade.As we arrived once again in the coastline we took a boat, I noticed some other cars with us, but. The three most glaring inconsistencies were that Brenda and Jas were talking for my benefit. They knew I could hear them for after I sat down in the backyard, Jas leaned out the open window and looked down at me. She couldn't know that the tipped over glass lawn table was as good as looking into a mirror. And then Brenda declared not to know why Sherry needed shelter or what went on last night. The other item was the three $50 bills that were in Jas's purse when I brought it home with me last. We were still laughing when we got to the pub. Before we went in, I turned to her, “its ‘respectable’ time, better button up.” She blushed and hastily fastened two buttons and I mentally said a temporary farewell to the pink bra, at least for a while.Lunch was wonderful, and, despite her protests, I managed to get a couple of glasses of wine down her. I had to go easy as I was driving but there was a distinct slur in her speech by the time we left. There was a shopping mall not far off and I.