And the only thought I had — the very first full sentence that assembled itself in my head after ten years — was: Kevin has to see this.

Part Twenty-Six: The Chair by the Window

I turned my head to say look at this.

I did not say where is he. I want that recorded, because it tells you what my assumption was and how total it was.

I turned my head with the first word already formed, which was look, and I was going to say look, look at what she’s doing, and my mouth was open.

The chair beside the window had nobody in it.