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Turned out the whole thing was a pretext When the cops talked to Simon, he’d explained where his as (because she actually had left him! stupid, stupid, stupid ) Then he ether and realized I’d called the cops And they staged that scene where they took him away

While I’d been noticing the people next door, Siot in my apart he coht to search the place And that’s how they found him

You see, home funerals are allowed in our state I’d found a ho to preserve Gerald’s body discreetly And an autopsy would tell them what they wanted to know I’d poisoned Gerald with sodiu to a poison expert on the Internet, sodium azide makes it look like the victins that cyanide—a siood Keeping ive them plenty of reason to do a careful autopsy and win no points with a prosecutor, judge or jury

I’d kept Gerald’s body as a reminder of my victory over him That he couldn’t put me down anymore

I’d kept hiain

I’d kept Gerald as a ree of my life

I heard Gerald laugh, as they tucked me into the back of the patrol car “Smoke another boeetheart”

“Oh, why don’t you just shut the fuck up,” I muttered

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

Roz tilted her head back, blew a sarette out in the chipped saucer

“Sounds like he’s stepping out on you”

“Doing what?”

“He’s cheating on you, Lainie God, don’t you know anything?” Roz rolled her eyes “Theup when you answer That adds up to another woman, if you ask me”

“You think?”

“Yes!” Roz sounded exasperated “Believe me, I know from experience with Marco” Roz’s frosted pink lips pursed, as if uttering her ex-husband’s name left a bad taste in her mouth