“Not exactly. Maybe deep down. Turns out I saw them at the exact time of the accident….Anyway, that’s how that happened. My sister’s story, you already know. And now there’s just me.” A sudden burst of energy seemed to pass through him, like a shudder or an electric charge. He sprang up, off the stone and away from me. “Well, there’s no use talking about it,” he said. “We should be getting back.”

