"I swear it was a demon the way he thrashed about," she whispered and then bit her lip. "Addie did the same thing. Thrashed about and died in front of him. He took it hard. He obsessed over her death." Karen wiped at her face as the saline dribbled freely down her flesh. She sighed heavily and went on... "Whatever it was, it wasn't fair that he was given to me only to be taken away so quickly. Ye know?" She sniffed and stirred at the broth for lack of something to do with her hands while she spoke.

"I will never be able to forget it, the twisted expression on his face and the words he uttered." She crossed herself. "I would ne'er have believed in that without seein' it for meself."