title: Cool Dead People: Obituaries of Real Folks We Wish We'd Met a Little Sooner
author:  Jane O'Boyle 
description: <b>Jane O'Boyle</b> is a former publishing executive and the author of <b>Catnip for the Soul; Wrong!</b>; and <b>Free Drinks for Ladies with Nuts</b> (the latter two are available from Plume). She lives in South Carolina.
zlib_text: **Live For Me**
  
    
    
    
  
  by Erin McCarthy
  
    
  
  Copyright **©** 2014 by Erin McCarthy
  
    
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media and
  incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations,
  businesses or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
    
  
  Cover **©** 2014 by Sarah Hansen, Okay Creations
  
  Formatting by Polgarus Studio
  
   **Prologue**
  
  “Get out,” my grandmother said, wheezing as she reached for her glass of
  water. “I can’t stand to look at you. Sometimes I th