On the stand they asked her several pointed questions. Yes, her husband was despondent over the death of his daughter. No, he never threatened to take his own life. No, she never found or saw a suicide note. What they don’t know, and could never guess, is that the only suicide note Frank ever wrote was for someone else.
If the hearing officer at the inquest was in doubt, he came down on the side of the angels. After all, there was no solid evidence of suicide. Even I could not testify with certainty, should some psychic have called me to the stand, whether Frank jumped or fell that night, though the details of what I do know would have caused much pain. I have no difficulty sleeping with my secret, though the visage of Frank’s tortured soul visits me from time to time in my dreams.
When it was over, David Crone, then back at the center, tested the two surviving Boyd children, Jennifer and Donald, for Huntington’s chorea. They were both negative. Frank would be happy to know, and perhaps he does, that his family has finally found peace.