Thoughtful Provisions

"Is that a question or is it already decided?" I asked.

He looked at the message again. "Decided, probably."

"Then yes," I said.

Caspian arrived at the park at ten forty-five, which was five minutes early, which I was learning was simply how Caspian operated—he was early in the way that some people were always slightly late, not because he was anxious about time but because earliness was how he