there was a terrible smell in the room - like burning flesh . what else would you ask for ? '' the bird bounced its head again , quite pleased with itself . they had been extremely useful to her . then i remembered that the caller id put him in his office . i glare at him , rising from my chair , fully prepared to run off and go there myself . nothing to remind him she 'd been alive long enough to have been touched not only by her husband , but by many other men . 