“Have you ever killed anyone?” The question seemed to startle the sheriff, and the boy was immediately sorry he’d asked. But it was done. Scott watched as so many painful changes crossed the man’s face. “That’s okay, you don’t have to answer,” he said. “I shouldn’t have asked.” “It’s all right,” Brody said. “And the answer is yes. And also the answer is that I would undo it all if I could.” “That was in the war, right?” Scott said. “The war,” Brody confirmed. Scott knew that Brody had come back a hero. Everyone in Jewel knew.
