Chapter 42

After saying that, he turned and went inside. The old wooden door shut softly behind him. He didn't say goodbye, and he didn't look back. I stood by the edge of the reed marsh. As the wind blew, the whole field rustled, sounding like countless people whispering in the distance. Rhys walked up from behind and smoothed out my wind-ruffled collar. "Done?" "Done." On the way back, I fell asleep in the passenger seat. In my dream, I returned to the riverbank the summer I was ten. The river water...