Why didn’t you just come right out and see if it was me? That would have been faster.” “I don’t know, myself,” I answered. “Something held me back. My voice just wouldn’t work.” She bit her lip a little. “I didn’t notice then that it was you. All I could think was that someone was following me, and I was afraid. Really. I was terrified. But once I got in the cab and had a chance to calm down, it came to me. Could that have been Hajime?”
