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He
turned
the
book
back
to
its
cover
,
which
,
like
the
cover
to
the
MY
WEDDING
DAY
book
,
was
imitation
leather
.
The
cover
was
blank
.
Almost
predictably
,
Missy
Dandridge
had
been
the
first
to
arrive
that
morning
,
good-hearted
Missy
who
had
sat
with
Ellie
and
Gage
on
dozens
of
occasions
.
Louis
found
himself
remembering
that
it
had
been
Missy
who
had
taken
the
kids
on
the
evening
of
the
day
Victor
Pascow
had
died
.
She
had
taken
the
kids
,
and
Rachel
had
made
love
to
him
,
first
in
the
tub
,
then
in
bed
.
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Missy
had
been
crying
,
crying
hard
,
and
at
the
sight
of
Louis
's
calm
,
still
face
,
she
burst
into
fresh
tears
and
reached
for
him
--
seemed
to
grope
for
him
.
Louis
embraced
her
,
realizing
that
this
was
the
way
it
worked
or
the
way
it
was
supposed
to
work
,
anyway
--
some
kind
of
human
charge
that
went
back
and
forth
,
loosening
up
the
hard
earth
of
loss
,
venting
it
,
breaking
up
the
rocky
path
of
shock
with
the
heat
of
sorrow
.
I
'm
so
sorry
,
Missy
was
saying
,
brushing
her
dark
blond
hair
back
from
her
pallid
face
.
Such
a
dear
sweet
little
boy
.
I
loved
him
so
much
,
Louis
,
I
'm
so
sorry
,
it
's
an
awful
road
,
I
hope
they
put
that
truck
driver
in
jail
forever
,
he
was
going
much
too
fast
,
he
was
so
sweet
,
so
dear
,
so
bright
,
why
would
God
take
Gage
,
I
do
n't
know
,
we
ca
n't
understand
,
can
we
,
but
I
'm
sorry
,
sorry
,
so
sorry
.
Louis
comforted
her
,
held
her
and
comforted
her
.
He
felt
her
tears
on
his
collar
,
the
press
of
her
breasts
against
him
.
She
wanted
to
know
where
Rachel
was
,
and
Louis
told
her
that
Rachel
was
resting
.
Missy
promised
to
go
see
her
and
that
she
would
sit
with
Ellie
anytime
,
for
as
long
as
they
needed
her
.
Louis
thanked
her
.
She
had
started
away
,
still
sniffing
,
her
eyes
redder
than
ever
above
her
black
handkerchief
.
She
was
moving
toward
the
coffin
when
Louis
called
her
back
.
The
funeral
director
,
whose
name
Louis
could
not
even
remember
,
had
told
him
to
have
them
sign
the
book
,
and
damned
if
he
was
n't
going
to
have
them
do
it
.
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Mystery
guest
,
sign
in
please
,
he
thought
and
came
very
close
to
going
off
into
cackles
of
bright
,
hysterical
laughter
.
It
was
Missy
's
woeful
,
heartbroken
eyes
that
drove
the
laughter
away
.
"
Missy
,
would
you
sign
the
book
?
"
he
asked
her
,
and
because
something
else
seemed
to
be
needed
,
he
added
,
"
For
Rachel
.
"