As hard as she tried, she just couldn't seem to stay awake--slowly her eyes shut, and this time they stayed shut. Her husband Sam, who had been watching from her bedroom door, entered and called her name as he shook her gently. "Carole, are you awake?" he asked. Then he shook her hard enough that her head bounced on the pillow as he said loud enough to wake the dead, "Carole, wake up, wake up." She is out cold, he thought, just like I planned it. He lifted her weighty body and carried her down to the room where they had an indoor pool and threw her into the water. Now, he thought, I'll be able to marry Monica without having to divorce Carole and let her take any of my money from me. But he had forgotten one thing and suddenly he felt pressure on his back and he was knocked into the pool. Titan, Carole's Great Dane, was very protective of her. Titan dived into the pool, swam to the bottom, and grabbed Carole's clothing in his mouth, pulled and pulled until he had her head above water and swam to the edge, pulling her onto the side of the pool. Sam, who was a poor swimmer finally made it to the edge of the pool but Titan bit at him every time he tried to pull himself out and continued to do so until Sam's heart gave out.
