Serena had witnessed enough death by now to know how one was supposed to and refrain from acting. There were the expected roles ones were forecast to play; everything from the grieving fresh widow to the curious suspect. And from how it appeared, they were all present within the room-but none of them had managed to shed a single tear aside from Serena as she knew the man whose life was lost on this night was the only true friend she had ever possessed. But as the guests of the dinner party took it upon themselves to share their theories of what could have driven this man to an apparent suicide as a gun lay between his feet and a single bullet wound remained as a point of entry just at his temple, Serena was too curious and involved to remain in place. As the others were distracted, she cli
