They are all over 30 now and the fine-etched lines have gone to work in the corners of eyes, unevenness of complexion, tissues relaxed beyond youth. The princesses are aging. I don't know how, the whole thing was covered up or something. This dude she was with was into some big drug thing and she knew too much. The autopsy was never released.
Nobody knows anything.
We got to keep going, being here and everything, and Becket doesn't. It isn't Patti's style to overstate. There is a part of her which is blazing in its determination not to be made a fool of, not by Becket and not by Cree. Someday she might meet someone extraordinary enough to really embarrass her. Mona, wipe that smile off your face.