Cory handed Marie a handkerchief. “Tim"s right Marie, and I shouldn"t have allowed you to come in here like this. It"s too close to you.” He looked at Gale and Tim. “Can you please take her home? I don"t want her to be alone. I have to finish up here and head down to the morgue to meet Sue. I"m going to have John personally sit outside your door until I can come over.”
Marie was too exhausted to argue. “Okay, I do think I need to lie down. But I still want to be there when you tell Mike and Joan Johnson. I won"t have it any other way.”
“That"s fine. I"ll come get you when we"re ready to contact them.” Cory helped Marie up and placed a soft kiss on her cheek. “I want you to stop blaming yourself. I"ll be over later to relieve John.”
Gale asked, “Does that mean you"ll be staying over agai
