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k a s that the p~-
Detective Sgt. Peter Pran s YI PIaYat thiS
gets on the train and seems to be dithering the li.ce have no reason to susp ect fou
same way Iwas, but her dilemma seems to be
over where to sit. Her indecision attracts my stage. 1here are110
attention, and I find myself watching her. Af-
ter trying about four different seats, she finally ''All we have is a dead body. d we can't
settles on one about halfway along the carriage, vothbeervyiroewusseullltssisgtonafsrttthocerI.yaIiIundtgiroepahsteoym, m"lSC.ugIritddee.rpurnaantnl'IkdYtro'eldhath"ee
facing towards me. As soon as I see her face, I
feel a pang. She looks enough like Joy for me media. ., her becaUse
to be able to list the differences. Hair's a bit
shorter and lighter, slightly more tanned, defi- My Joy is dead. I know It.SI She loOks
nitely more nervous energy (Joy would never pcinharoditto.m. IWcm.Iutyht wI.tthae0llueatrr.naAcntbdee1.dsatIisctwknaiOtllaWtlelI'
spend any time deliberating over which seat to there's an old
choose). The longer Ispend looking, the more about twenty
their images begin to merge, or rather, the more an old calling

my mental picture of Joy morphs into this new have something to remember he~ ~·ast'Thurs-
girl. She's constantly shifting her weight, try-
ing to get comfortable. And then our eyes meet to join the mourners at the servIce
for a fraction of a second, she smiles, and, that
instant, I feel like I'm cheating. I've never felt day, but I didn't know what to:~isister/niecel
like that before. Joy's been gone a week and
already- 'Hi. I know your daug t cl.rcUJlsltalltchee S,
. . us
, Hold on. How do you cheat on a girl friend died under SUSPIClO. her 011
you ve never spoken to? but I'm a guy whos'b een stanng atd bsess'plg
nths an yo0ur horile
Th: next train to depart from Platform One train for the last trhee mo .
toill be the four-thirty-two, Flinders Street, owvheernsayyoiun'grehaetllyoo. uCr amnoIstcovmulenemrfarl·bowleet'rs outS.dIe
stopping all stations to Flinders Street except East Instead, I decided to lea:e ~t wasn'ta!lY~

Richmond. the church early in the mornIng. all bUPc.
diing.
thing fancy or outstan J' ust aansOJlrle.:
nd
of yellow chrysanthemums a h trains.),

Joy...I remember you from t e

I ~ow she won't be on the train today. I
found this in the paper on Monday.

Local Woman Found Dead In Park

~ b~dy found by a jogger on Thursday
mOrlllng III a Ri h d
tively id .fi d c mon park has been posi-

six enn e as that of Joy Cruise, a twen-

~s Je~r old waitress who lived in the area
. ruise was report d " .
after she £ '1 d . e mlsslllg on Friday
are yet toaide to a.rtlve at wor k. Investigators
tehtermlne th e f death
are hoping cause but
0
tomorrow, wiallt ahnel aut.op sy,.to. be conducted

p In their Investigations.