After brief religious ceremonies, the cortege, consisting of a small group of close family friends followed the plain black hearse into the cemetery t...o the grassy knoll where two freshly dug graves had been prepared. During the graveside services, Lisa had stood numbly between her Aunt and George Colby, but as the caskets were being lowered into the twin graves, the finality of the tragedy had finally reached her and she began to sob hysterically. George Colby held her back as she struggled to. She pulled open a drawer and took from within a long, black scarf. She retuned to stand behind me and slowly, delicately almost, placed the scarf over my eyes and tied it behind my head. I felt her breath on me as she whispered. ‘You promised to love, honour and obey.’ ‘I did, and I meant it, please believe me. I still do, my love.’ ‘Be silent, child of sin. You have angered me and now you will feel my wrath.’ Her voice was so full of venom that I found myself shaking as she pressed me over the. She had him wrapped around her finger from the start. But she’s definitely the more culpable of the two. Not that he was an innocent lamb led to the slaughter. But if it were not for her he probably would not have even thought of stealing all that money. It was as if they were both basically honest people who had been a bad influence on each other.Of course, with most people honesty is not much more than a fear of getting caught if they do something wrong. When I was on the job I never ceased. Aval muthalil kaamam seiyum aarvam athigam ilathathu pondru irunthaal, seikirathil athai kodupathaagavum illai.Naan seikirathil yaaraiyum veetirkul vida maten endru solinaal, naanum thinamum kalaiyil irunthu iravu varai pesa aarambithom. Nandraaga pesi oruvaruk koruvar purinthu kola aarambithom, aval veetu nilavaram anaithaiyum en idam solli athai pagirnthu koluvaal. Aanal kanavan irukum pozhuthu matum ethum pesamal sendru viduvaal.Avalathu kanavan veru oru penudan ulasamaaga irupathaaga enidam.
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