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  There was a harder, brisker knock at the door. Mar- tin went to open it.

  “It’s the police,” he told me more gently. “They need a statement about last night.”

  “If you can stay,” I managed to say.

  So Martin sat beside me, or stood beside me, or walked around the bed, while I mumbled my story to Lynn Liggett and Paul Allison, whom I remembered to congratulate on his marriage to Sally. He seemed a lit- tle surprised and uncomfortable. Lynn treated me like a mental case she’d given up all hope on. I edited Franklin’s remarks about Terry and Eileen; no point in dragging their relationship into the limelight because of a chance whim on the part of Franklin Farrell. Finally the two detectives seemed satisfied, if dis- gusted, with me, and after telling me ominously she would be talking to me again, Lynn strode out of the room. Paul Allison followed after giving me a hard look and shaking his head.

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  Martin did his circuit of the room again. I waited for him to calm down.

  Another knock, this time perfunctory.

  “Here’s your pain medication. Need some?” asked a plump nurse with curly silver hair. I was delighted to see her, and the two pills I swallowed had an almost in- stant effect. Martin had to stomp around some more after she left, while I got drowsier and more comfort- able. Everyone seemed quite angry with me today. Finally he came to rest by the bed. My eyes met his. “We are going to have to do a lot of talking when you can talk a little better,” he said.

  We needed a change of topic.

  “Talk about the wedding,” I said clearly, and coasted off to sleep.

  Document Outline

  Cover Page

  Praise

  Ace Books by Charlaine Harris

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Acknowledgments

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Table of Contents