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@@@@@ I thought: I killed him just as surely as I killed Monica Goldstein's dogI know that sounds like bullshit, but - 451 Only it didn't sound like bullshit I had stopped his breath ii There was a glassed-in sunporch on the south side of El PalacioIt looked toward the tangles of tropical overgrowth in one direction and out at the metallic blue of the Gulf in the other Elizabeth was seated there in her wheelchair, with a breakfast tray attached to the armsFor the first time since I'd met her, she was strapped in The tray, littered with curds of scrambled egg and pieces of toast, looked like the aftermath of a toddler's mealWireman had even been feeding her juice from a sippy cupThe small table-model television in the corner was tuned to Channel 6 It was still All Candy, All of the TimeHe was dead and Channel 6 was beating off on the bodyHe undoubtedly deserved no better, but it was still gruesome 452 "I think she's finished," Wireman said, "but maybe you'd sit with her while I scramble you a couple and burn the toast "Happy to, but you don't have to go to any trouble on my partI worked late and had a bite afterwardI'd spied the empty mixing bowl in the kitchen sink on my way outHow's your leg this morning?" "Not bad"Et tu, Brute?" "I'm all right, thanks But he looked tired; his left eye was still red and drippy"This won't take five minutes Elizabeth was almost completely AWOLWhen I offered her the sippy cup, she took a little and then turned her head awayHer face looked ancient and bewildered in the unforgiving winterlightI thought that we made quite a trio: the senile woman, the ex-lawyer with the slug in his brain, and the amputee ex-contra