His voice was hoarse and sounded very nonchalant, “My wife, just now the school teacher, told me that Vilhelmina was hit by a car and died. What's going on? Are you guys playing some kind of prank right now? It's not funny at all. Please tell me that Vilhelmina is still alive right now. I can still spend my birthday with her.”

I spoke faintly, “It's not a prank, Maximilian. Vilhelmina is dead, just as you and Kimberly were having a rendezvous in the locker room.”