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“What happened?”

“His self-loathing trumped our love,” I said

“Ouch, sorry”

I shrugged “I’m happier now than I’ve ever been in a relationship, so no bitching from me At least my ex just left in a therapy-rich huff and didn’t die like Ray Marchand and Angela Warren”

“He vowed never to ain, and this time he made it stick,” Newman said

“How old was he when he died?”

“Just turned sixty-five”

“Did he continue to hit the gym and take care of himself like in these photos?”

“Yeah, Ray took care of himself”

“Then as he on medication for arthritis and a bad back? That makes him sound decrepit and old”

“I’m not sure which family member told the sheriff that Ray was on medication for pain”

“How much other family is there besides Muriel and Todd?”

“Just Jocelyn and Bobby”

“Jocelyn is the girl in the photos?”

“Yeah, though you’ll hear a lot of people call her Joshie Apparently, she was a serious toh he was a couple of years older”