Miko was still kneeling beside Kathy. In one hand Miko held the perfume and Jeff’s last note. In the other she held the jar and the vial. Kathy took both from the Japanese woman. Miko removed the brush and the stirring rod from the bowl along with the hammer that she placed next to it. In her left hand Kathy held the jar with Abul’s urine and the nasty smelling garbage. In her right was Jeff’s gift and card. “Choose, Mrs. Ryan,” Abul ordered.
Kathy put the dark container on the floor. Carefully she placed Jeff’s note in the bowl and with a shaking hand sprinkled some of Abul’s yellow piss over it. Then she placed the bottle of perfume in the bowl and sat looking down at it for a moment before taking up the hammer. With a quick blow she shattered the glass. Immediately the sweet scent of
