My boots were soaked through.

I almost drowned trying to get to her after that mud ledge collapsed.”

“He was standing right next to you on the bank,” I said.

“He was hidden behind the bushes fifty yards upstream,” Zane said.

His heavy voice filled the quiet bedroom, leaving me no room to respond.

“He saw shadows.

He saw what a scared five-year-old makes up when he loses his sister.”

“He was pointing at your silver watch, Zane.”