She had simply told the truth, because she was young enough to still believe that the truth was a thing you were allowed to say out loud.

I had spent ten years learning that lesson back.

She taught it to a hundred people in four words.

Felicia’s mouth opened.

And across the grass, at the edge of the open grave, Garrett Remington turned away from his father’s coffin to see what had silenced the crowd.

Chapter 6 — His Own Face

His eyes found Gavin first.

I watched it happen from across the lawn, the way you watch weather cross a field.