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Did somebody die?___es,_ I replied.__ho?_ he asked, starting to freak out. I pulled out my notepad and asked him if he knew a Marcie Tucker. __arcie? Hm, Marcie, it doesn't ring a bell but_ Oh yeah, the temp who's filling in while my regular assistant is out, I think her name is Marcie. In fact, she was supposed to be here today. I was actually starting to worry that_ Wait. Is she___nfortunately yes,_ I said, __arcie was found in her apartment late last night uh_ no longer alive._ My bedside manner has never been my strong suit.Dr. Taggart looked distressed and began to ramble incoherently for a minute. I let him work through it though, I figured it was his way of grieving. I wouldn't have even paid attention to it except for the fact that it was kind of goofily, ineptly_ well, poignant:"Oh, uh, Oh my God. That's terrible. I uh_ I hope she didn't have any family. I mean, I don't hope she didn't have any family, what I mean is, if she uh_ if she didn't have any family then there would be nobody to get all bummed out about this and uh_ you know, when something like this happens, you always think about the poor, heartbroken family, so uh_ if she doesn't have any family then uh_ the bright side would be that nobody would, you know, have to be all bummed out."Hm. I guess I never thought of it that way. Awkward wording aside, he's kind of got a point there.