They knew the person I was just beginning to discover.

After dessert Tobias showed me the spare bedroom.

On a shelf beside the bed stood the wooden blocks Claire had mailed, arranged T O B Y.

Below them lay the blue notebook Daniel had kept.

“I’m thinking of turning this into a guest room,” he said.

“For Ruth when she stays.

For you too, if you ever need it.”

I looked around the room.