.. well, not a name, but a person. Lee knew who it was, and it had the right effect on him. Since I’m about to die, you can tell me now. Who was it?... Whose name besides Contessa Helena de San Finzione’s own puts the Fear of You into the Crime Lords of Asia?”“You wouldn’t believe it.” Helen said, lying on her back on the couch, and smoking while he wrote. “And he’s seen as a racist stereotype these days; his name’s considered offensive now.”“Oh, come now. You’ve compelled me to cooperate and. . was twenty seven years, ten days and 50 minutes old, or 856,516,000 seconds give or take a few, when I suddenly expired in the most tragic of circumstances. Numbers are ... were, my thing. I am ... was, an accountant.Being dead is something I still have to get used to. It's playing havoc with my tenses. You try talking about yourself in the past tense or even the passed over, as in, no longer in the present or of this world.Anyway, I was an accountant with only the one client. Don Pellotti. I stupidly held the coat in the air as she settled, before making a show of looking for something in one of its pockets. The only one that could have seen my face-saving act was Kendall, and she was making monosyllabic greetings to the rest of the group instead. To me she gave a curt nod.Just before the professor finished shuffling his papers in preparation for beginning his lecture, Hayley leaned down and put a hand on Kendall's shoulder."Kendall, are you okay sweetie?"Kendall's face briefly. ..” Says Dennis, stopping and half turning around, “ ... I think we should be getting back to your place!”We cut to ‘her place’ – that nice orange brick house ... Then move into the living room where we see a middle-aged man sitting on the couch. He waves to the camera as we hear Maria introducing him. “This is Callum ... My very ‘understanding’ husband...”“‘Ello Callum...” Says Dennis, reaching out to shake the man’s hand. “What do you think about all of this then?”We can see Maria beginning.
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