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I’e amount of extreme calm "She OD’d?"

"No," Damien says very carefully "She was eviscerated, Victor"

"Ohmy head, and then, "What does eviscerated mean?"

"It means she didn’t die a peaceful death"

"Well, yeah, but hoe know that?"

"She was strangled with her own intestines"

"Right, right"

"I hope you realize this conversation is off the record"

Below us I’ down at Debi Mazar and Sophie B Hawkins, who’s with Ethan Hawke and Matthew Barney Below us a photographer spotsand snaps three, four, eight shots in rapid succession before I can straightenanother cigarette "Let’s keep it this way Let’s just keep everyone s "I think I’m capable"

"And please try to keep Alison and Lauren away fro away "Let’s make a concerted effort to try and pull that off, okay?"

"I think I’s

So and head downstairs back into the party and then Carrabs my arm Chris O’Donnell has moved away from Lauren, who spots me from across the roo Alison occupied, even though it looks like she’s losing interest, because she’s rolling her eyes and estures with her hands