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"It&039;s not over yet," my dead stepmother warned There hadn&039;t been tio straight to hell like any other decent God-fearing-") before I was shoved so hard, I smacked into the wall and fell

The impact forced a shower of plaster to rain down onfired several times over my head We were trapped in the doorway like ants in a straw Nobody had any rooetting up?"

"Twenty-two longs, perfect for the jobThey ricocheted around her skull but didn&039;t exit"

"But she&039;s a olf!"

"Her brains are all over the floor There will be no co back from this"

"But she&039;s-she&039;s Antonia! She can&039;t be-IShe&039;s not"

"She jumped in front of me She saved me"

"Everybody saves you"

And that last flashback quote was still echoing in et all echoey: saves you, saves you, saves you

All that was still thruray matter when the last of the expositional flashback clicked ho crash co at the silence, and peered into the foyer I choked back a sob at what Garrett had done to hiretful Fiend-turned-vampire had kicked the banister off a stretch of curved stairs in the foyer, leaving a dozen or so of the rails exposed and pointing up like spears Then he had cli the stairs and swan dived onto the rails, which had gone through him like teeth

"See?" my dead stepmother said as we stared down at the second body of a friend in less than aI said at the end of that crazy stupid weird scary night

"It was all just so-so stupid" And preventable,attention to business

And here was the proof! The proof had walked throughred and white flannel, and carrying a canvas tote bag stuffed with pri needles I wondered why in this timeline, Garrett hadn&039;t killed hi happen in this timeline&039;s Garrett that made the death of his wife bearable?

"This timeline&039;s Garrett", "that tiaaaaah I needed an Alternate Tiet a headache if I thought it over for too long And as I even wondering? Here he was

Who cared why?