Chapter 142 The Bitch's Car::16

• Kara lasted three weeks after the wedding. I was sitting with her a week before she died when she made her last request.
• "Wiley, we need to consummate this marriage. Married people are supposed to sleep together. Will you lie down on the bed with me?"
• I was uneasy, both over the moral implications and because of her increasing frailty. But she was so determined that I eased onto the bed, on top of the covers.