Outside Gustave's villa, a black Maybach was parked at a corner not far from the villa.
Avery returned to the car and sat in the back seat. He took out a cigarette to light it up, but then he put it down as he thought of something.
He remembered that Darlene did not like the smell of smoke, and she used to hate him for drinking too much.
In the past, he would never take her feelings to heart.
He often drank too much and sat on the sofa in the living room. Darlene poured him some soup. He mumbled Vivian's name.
In the years that Vivian had left, he had always been very unwilling to accept it. He was unwilling to become a cripple. Even the woman who had always been with him disliked him and abandoned him.
He repeated that name over and over again for two years when he was married to Darlene. Darlene endured it again and again.
Thinking back, Avery felt that Darlene was really patient and nice.