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           Herarelykilledwhathestalked,buttherehadbeenonenotableexceptionalargerat,probablycaughtinthealleybetweentheirapartmenthouseandthenext.Churchhadreallyputtheblockstothatbaby.Ithadbeensobloodyandgore-fleckedthatRachel,theninhersixthmonthwithGage,hadhadtorunintothebathroomandvomit.Violentlives,violentdeaths.Adoggotthemandrippedthemopeninsteadofjustchasingthemlikethebumbling,easilyfooleddogsintheTVcartoons,oranothertomgotthem,orapoisonedbait,orapassingcar.Catswerethegangstersoftheanimalworld,livingoutsidethelawandoftendyingthere.Therewereagreatmanyofthemwhonevergrewoldbythefire.

           Butthoseweremaybenotthingstotellyourfive-year-olddaughter,whowasforthefirsttimeexaminingthefactsofdeath.

           "Imean,"hesaid,"Churchisonlythreenow,andyou’refive.Hemightstillbealivewhenyou’refifteen,asophomoreinhighschool.Andthat’salongtimeaway."

           "Itdoesn’tseemlongtome,"Elliesaid,andnowhervoicetrembled."Notlongatall."

           Loisgaveupthepretenseofworkingonhismodelandgesturedforhertocome.Shesatonhislap,andhewasagainstruckbyherbeauty,whichwasemphasizednowbyheremotionalupset.Shewasdark-skinned,almostLevantine.TonyBenton,oneofthedoctorshehadworkedwithinChicago,usedtocallhertheIndianPrincess.

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