EpilogueA single funeral was held for Howard and Diane on a crisp, cool, sunny autumn day. Beverly felt awkward about attending but believed she had an obligation to Howard to go. She had declined to be interviewed when the story broke in the press about Diane's suicide and where it occurred, but the investigating police officers gave interviews, and their report was part of the public record. Therefore, enterprising news outlets pieced together the details of her relationship with Howard and the fact that they had a child together who was now in juvenile detention. Since Jeffrey was a minor, the only things that weren't made public were his name and the nature of the charges against him.
Beverly had hoped that hers would not be the only black face at the funeral but, alas, it was. No pho
