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Evonne and the director of the Mueller Funeral Ho to their conversation, I learned that Evonne had decided to have her brother cre the condition of Eli’s body, ith the autopsy and all, an open coffin just didn’t seeh hemoney on the disposition--immediate cremation, no services, no obituary, just theseven hundred bucks coe disposition of five thousand

"What do you wish done with your brother’s ashes?" he asked

Evonne didn’t care What did he suggest?

"There’s some vacant property owned by the crematorium We could just scatter his ashes there"

"Sold," Evonne said, slapping the tabletop like an auctioneer

The director produced soned theht down to my toes Funeral homes made me nervous On the other hand, Vonnie Lou--she toldNice tunes, she said

Vonnie Lou was a tall woanized hair and a woodenish body, all straight angles and no curves Her eyes were small and dark, and she spoke with a pleasant,up and down the scale

"I’m an office temp," she toldmy lunch hour I really can’t afford to take the ti tonew on Merodie?" she asked as we ust sunlight

"What do you mean?" I asked

Vonnie Lou shielded her eyes with her hand "Has she been charged with murder yet?"

"I don’t think so"

"Good"