CHAPTER 2 — “What the Child Saw”
Nathaniel: “Lily… come here.”
Lily: “I didn’t do anything.”
Nathaniel: “I didn’t say you did.”
Lily: “But you’re looking at me like I’m in trouble.”
Nathaniel: “I’m looking at you because you were there.”
Lily: “Yes.”
Nathaniel: “At the stairs?”
Lily: “Yes.”
Nathaniel: “Tell me what happened.”
Lily: “She pushed her.”
Vivien: “That’s enough.”
Nathaniel: “Don’t.”
Vivien: “Nathaniel, she’s a child. She didn’t understand what she saw.”
Lily: “I understand.”
Nathaniel: “What did you see, Lily?”
Lily: “Your fiancée stood behind her.”
Vivien: “I helped your mother walk. That’s all.”
Lily: “She didn’t help.”
Silence.
Nathaniel: “Then what did she do?”
Lily: “She let go.”
Vivien: “That’s not true.”
Nathaniel: “Lily doesn’t lie.”
Vivien: “Children misunderstand fear. Shock. Movement.”
Lily: “She looked at her before she fell.”
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Nathaniel: “Looked how?”
Lily: “Like she was deciding.”
