she needed to make: Stephen’s agent, their lawyer, the insurance company. At least there were no family members to contact. Like her, Stephen had been an only child, and both his parents were dead; his father of a heart attack while Stephen was still in school, his mother of a cerebral hemorrhage two years ago. It was a terrible thing to be grateful for, but knowing what she did, she couldn’t imagine having to tell his parents about the accident—or face them at his funeral. She was in the process of unlacing her boots when the kitchen phone rang. By the time she got to it, the call had gone to
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