Not a Happy Family

She knows there will be a gathering of the family at either Dan’s or Catherine’s, and no one is going to tell her. • • • AFTER LEAVING CATHERINE Merton’s office, Reyes and Barr return to the crime scene. She flicks on the lamp on his desk rather than the overhead light, in case he comes home suddenly. He keeps his eyes on the family in the front row as the service begins. • • • CATHERINE REALIZES SHE is clenching her entire body tightly as the service proceeds toward its conclusion, and forces herself to physically relax. She finally understood why her daughter had been so stressed, why she had lost weight.