It’s as I straighten that I see Gabe, and I’m struck dumb as if I’ve conjured him up just by thinking of him, rather like the villain in a bad film. He’s standing to my right, leaning against the balustrade with his arms folded just like I’d been. However, while I’d been jostled about, it’s like an invisible force field surrounds him. I send my eyes down his body, dimly aware that
