The Uninvited

of denial, anger, bargaining, depressionand acceptance. But in what combinationswill these manifest, and in what order? Iwould expect her assessment mechanismsto be severely compromised and hervolatility to increase. She has alreadyexpressed hostility to Freddy.‘Which is irrational. Stephanie mustrealise that: she’s a psychologist. Herresentment has no logical foundation,’ Itell Ashok. I’ve managed to reach him onSkype. His hair, normally sleek with gel,is sticking up in odd tufts, giving him anagitated, vagrant look. He shakes his head.‘That’s what the textbook says,Maestro. But like I’ve been trying to tellyou, the rest of us are way off the pagehere. I’m ready to personally strangle