His grip on my arms changed by some amount that I could not have measured and absolutely felt.

“The power went out?”

“Around one, I think.

The whole house.

I went down and the main was tripped and I couldn’t get it to hold, so I gave up and went back to bed and put a blanket on.”

“You went back to bed?”

“It was one in the morning, Chris.

What was I going to do.”