She couldn't kill herself and bury herself in a landfill.
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But he could say (liar that he is), well, she had a miscarriage from all the stress dealing with my med-school lie, and then she killed herself and I couldn't bear for the family to know that so I got rid of her body and cleaned up the mess, 'cause I was so ashamed that I failed her so miserably, etc.