Maria Pavlova, Part 1
"Here's a picture of my sister, Erica, before she was killed in that tragic auto accident."
"Tom loved her deeply, and she really enjoyed being with him. At the time this picture was taken he was her husband and just my brother-in-law. They had two kids, who were ages 6 and 8 when she was killed."
"Tom was a successful professor in engineering here at ESU. He was just coming back from a year's sabbatical in Saudi Arabia, and horny as hell from being deprived of Erica, or even pictures of women while over there. Ironically, she was on her way to the airport to pick him up when she was hit by that truck..."
[Here Dr. Pavlova suppressed a tear.]
"Earlier, I had promised Erica that, if she ever was killed, I would help take care of her kids; she was a bit paranoid about details like that, but in the end it turned out to be a good thing. So I moved in with Tom and the kids..."