Von POV Los Angeles, Same Day The funeral home was too quiet.I sat with the director a professional woman named Mrs. Patterson who'd handled everything with efficient sympathy and made decisions about a funeral for a wife who wasn't dead."Closed casket, as you requested," Mrs. Patterson said, showing me options on her tablet. "Given the circumstances, that's often preferred. It allows the family to remember the deceased as they were."The deceased. Marissa, reduced to a category."This one," I said, pointing to a simple but elegant casket. Not the cheapest that would look suspicious but not ostentatious either. Marissa would have hated anything too elaborate."Excellent choice. Now, for the service itself, you mentioned family only?""Yes. My mother, Marissa's mother if she's capable of attending, our children, and a few close friends. Maybe twenty people total. Nothing public.""Of course. Friday at 2 PM, as you requested. We'll have a private viewing room, then a brief graveside
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