” Death held up the stereoscope again, then adjusted the picture in it.“You can call me Kisa, I guess.”“You are uncertain of your name?”She ...shook her head. “It isn’t that. It’s just weird to be talking to a skeleton.”“And yet I have no problem speaking with a cat.” Death lowered the stereoscope from his face and then held it out. “Well, young Kisa, would you like a turn with it?”“Um ... I guess.” She took the stereoscope back and looked at the Sphinx again. The picture seemed like it was taken. . oh, shit.”Dave let a minute go by and no one else spoke. He then said, “There’s more. It turns out that Bill and Betty Watson, your parents, had an intimate relationship with Hank and Elise Prentiss, my parents. This relationship went on for at least two decades – maybe more.” He shot Elise a glance, but she just nodded.Elise said from the sidelines, “Up until Hank died. Thirty-one years. Betty and I are still close.”Gail again gawked at Elise, but didn’t protest. She muttered, “My dad died. I looked at mom to see if she recognized him and knew instantly that she did. I could see the look of consternation in her face."Terry," she said with a little tremble in her voice while trying to force a smile, "It's been a long time, how have you been?" I doing good," he told her, "How about you?" Oh, I'm hanging in there," she said trying to sound like she was doing better than she was. "How is Barb?"He seemed surprised at the question. "Barb and I are divorced, didn't Al tell you? We split. Especially those that have just been sexually stimulated were of most interest to this particular dog ! Catherine had been looking back towards the gas pumps and islands and had not noticed the dogs ardent interest! The dog of course knew exactly where he was going and what he was interested in, as the dogs owner had a loose grip on the long leash and he to at first had not noticed anything out of the ordinary. In only a matter of seconds and before anyone realized it the dog had buried.
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