Payne sought clarification. “Vertical or horizontal?”

“Horizontal, of course.”

“Sorry but I can’t help you.”

“Will you pipe down for a minute? Naturally she was dead since I work at a cemetery. Her face struck a chord though. So, I rummaged around in the old Rory memory bank, and Emily is what rings a bell. Didn’t we go to school with an Emily? Tenth or eleventh grade, if I recall it correctly.

Autor: Ed Lynskey