I get myself dressed and get into my car. Still reeling off the night before, don’t remember the drive to the hospital. When I get to the emergency ... check in with Bonnie. Needless to say I’ve been here before.“Another conquest?” Bonnie retorts. I lean in close over the desk, “Want to be one?” I whisper.“Not today,” she replies but her blushed cheeks say otherwise. I’ve been hunting Bonnie for three years now. I see her every two or three months whenever my lust for pain is too much for my. Now. Can you help us? Who might want to off your parents?" My father-in-law's with the CSIRO. They're going to be moving to Black Mountain. I can't imagine anyone angry with him, much less that angry." And your mum?" A stay-at-home mother," I said. "Doubtless a jealous rival in flower-arranging." Pat! Stop! This is serious!" Yes, it is. Sorry. Might I suggest you ask my father?" I gave them the UWA and home numbers. "He or my mother might have some notion." Thank you both. Might we ask you not. I said to ring or leave a message on my mobile if he needed me. I left him thinking that we'd had a minor car accident.I went back to going over all that had happened, there was no way I could duck the responsibility, I had caused this to happen to Lena, I was the reason she was in such a state. Oh God, what a fucking mess. Not for the first time, I began to hate myself. I couldn't eat breakfast, I felt so sick inside. I felt shame and anger at myself for allowing my selfish desires to have. Jocelyn's years of coordinating the construction ofmausoleums, installations of gravestones and the repair and cleaning ofsuch things had left her with a darker sense of humor than she had whenshe entered the workforce.Lily's own years of procuring of granite and other materials forpreparing monuments and mausoleums, arranging deliveries to theirshowrooms and coordinating with local funeral homes had deadened her toa number of things, however, the chance to liven things up rarely passedher by. .