The Full Account

That evening, Lenora called Dante.

He answered on the second ring — which meant he had been near the phone, which meant he had been waiting in the specific way he waited for things he needed to know.

"Tell me," he said.

She told him.

Not the summary version — the full account. The room, the chairs, the north-facing windows. What Ronan had said about the DNA test at twenty-two. The continuation of