Survived by her daughter, Ona.

Also survived by her granddaughter, Sarah Rountree of Tyler, born in the spring of 1971.”

Arthur let his hand fall from the doorknob.

He stepped back and rested both hands on his belly again, breathing hard through his nose.

“You really printed that,” Arthur said.

“I spelled it out for them over the phone,” I said.

“You have no idea what you’ve done,” Arthur said.

“This is highly irregular, extremely destructive, utterly disastrous.”