Walsh""s left cheek - and put a gash in it.As they tried to strike it down with a broom, the angry parakeet suddenly burst into flames in mid-air.Later at Mimi""s apartment, Lt.Guild questioned her about the murder scene that she witnessed, and asked: "Did you see anything in Miss Wolf""s hand?" Mimi denied seeing anything or touching the body, although the medical examiner claimed that the body may have been touched ("that someone had forced open the girl""s hand after she""d been killed").We made a pact to bring our ashes here when we died.""If you die first,"" I told him, ""I""ll bring yours here.If I die first, you""ll bring mine."" Yet, I know now, people you love don""t really die.The ranch clock chimed three times (3:00 am) on their return as they entered the ranch""s front door.She stated she had a "different opinion" of his book and had found it "quite absorbing" - the change came because she "got interested in one of the characters.The officers assumed that it was a self-inflicted suicide.After the gravesite funeral/memorial service for Rod, Nancy told her father: "The killer""s still loose, you know.