He found himself wishing that Wendy would ask him about the hedges, would ask him what Danny meant when he said You know because you saw—If she did, he would tell her everything. Everything. The hedges, the woman in the room, even about the fire hose that seemed to have switched positions. But where did confession stop? Could he tell her he’d thrown the magneto away, that they could all be down in Sidewinder right now if he hadn’t done that?

