Certain that there was nothing to find.

Certain that asking would be begging.

Which is not the same thing as being right, and it is much more comfortable.

Part Eighteen: The Drafting Set

She telephoned on a Tuesday in the June of 2016 and asked whether Silas would like to blow out his candles at the house.

He was ten.

I said yes, and I want to be honest about how fast I said it.

I said yes inside about four seconds.