When I left you, I left something of me behind.’ He hesitated, and then said, ‘When I went back to find it . . .’ He shook his head. ‘A loss that can never be recovered, never redressed.’ Pelk studied him, and then said, ‘Broken heart, Ivis. Heal it might, but the scar remains, and what you miss most is how it was before it broke, when that heart was whole. So, yes, you can’t get that back.’
