usually, being drunk in the mornings didn't matter. Dexter worked in the afternoons and evenings and he was always sober by then. but this morning, the morning of 15 july, it mattered very much.today he had to go to his parents' house in the country, in Oxfordshire. he was already late.he knew,in past of his mind,that he wanted to be late.in fact,in that part of his mind, he didn't want to go at all.because today, thinking about his parents made him want to scream.