Chapter 42: Trial 4

Silence. A deathly hush. Gregory smiled wordlessly, head bowed, lost in thought. Jason Yare sat upright in the passenger seat, waiting for Gregory to speak again. Just then, a flock of ducks scurried onto the road, quacking. Both of them were immediately distracted. In unspoken accord, they watched the ducks cross and jump, one after another, into the pond beside the road. Splash, splash, splash. Gregory burst out laughing. Pointing at the pond, he grinned, "I was about to say you were stubborn...