"Kael, come here, and come to the gatehouse, and come now, because I found something, and I found it under the bed, and I found it in the dark, and it was not mine, Kael, and it was not yours, and it was left for me, Kael, and it was left by Finch, and it says Marcus, Kael, and it says money, and it says listen!"Lilith is standing in the gatehouse doorway, and it is morning, and her hands are shaking, and she is holding a small paper, and the paper is folded, and the writing is neat, and the ink is black, and Clara is behind me, and my father is behind her, and Mr. Graves is behind him, and Sam Porter is by the gate, and the garden is wet, and the house is quiet, and Lilith holds the paper out, and her voice is fast, and it is the sound of a woman who has found a trap in her own bed, and who knows the trap was set for her, and who will not step in it, and who will bring it to the man who opened the gate, even a little, and who will prove herself with paper, because paper is harder th

"Kael Ashford, open your gate, and open it now, because I have come with my lawyer, and I have come with a paper, and I have come for Vivian Ross, and I have come for Peter Quinn, and I have come for the tape, and I have come for the songbook, and you stole them, Kael, and you stole them from my family, and I want them back, and I want them back today!"Marcus is standing at the gate of Hillcrest House, and it is morning, and his suit is black, and his hair is grey, and his hands are clean, and his lawyer is beside him, and Finch is behind him, and the black car is behind Finch, and I am standing inside the gate, and Clara is beside me, and my father is beside her, and Mr. Graves is beside him, and Sam Porter is by the gate, and Lilith is by the gatehouse, and Peter Quinn is inside the house, and Vivian Ross is inside the house, and the whole house is listening, and the whole house is waiting, and the whole house is holding its breath."Marcus, you will not come in, and you will not t

"Kael, come with me, and come now, because Marcus is at the gate, and Vivian is in her room, and Peter is in the library, and Lilith is in the gatehouse, and I am here, and I am in the garden, and I need to talk to you, Kael, and I need to talk to you alone, and I need to talk to you before Marcus comes in, and before Vivian tells you the name, and before Lilith asks for another night!"Clara is standing in the garden, and it is night, and the moon is up, and the lilies are closed, and her dress is green, and her hair is down, and her hands are shaking still, and her eyes are wet, and she has not cried in front of me since the fire, and she is crying now, because a wife is in the gatehouse, and a singer is in the house, and a driver is in the library, and a man is at the gate, and a man she loves is standing between them all, and she does not know where she stands, and she will ask plain, because plain is the only way to ask a man to choose, and plain is the only way to hear him answe

"Kael, come to the library, and come alone, and lock the door, and do not bring Lilith, and do not bring Clara, and do not bring Vivian, because I promised Elena I would tell you alone, and alone is how a driver speaks, and alone is how a man who carried a baby speaks, and alone is how the truth comes out, and it comes out slow, and it comes out with tears, and it comes out with a name!"Peter Quinn is sitting in the library at Hillcrest House, and it is morning, and the windows are boarded, and the lamp is low, and his hands are shaking, and his coat is dusty, and his boots are wet, and my father is outside the door, and Sam Porter is outside the door, and Clara is in the garden, and Lilith is in the shop, and Vivian is in her room, and I am across from Peter, and I lock the door behind me, and the lock clicks, and the room goes quiet, and Peter looks at me, and his eyes are wet, and his tone falls low, and it is the voice of a driver who has watered roses for twenty five years, and

"Kael, I saw it, and I saw it at the docks, and I saw it in the morning, and I saw it on a hand, and the hand was shaking mine, and the ring was gold, and the stone was blue, and the man smiled, Kael, and the man smiled like Marcus smiles, and the man smiled like a helper smiles, and I knew, Kael, and I knew the moment I saw it, and I knew I had seen the helper, and I knew I had shaken his hand!"Ethan is standing in the lawn shop, and it is afternoon, and his work clothes are dusty, and his hands are dirty, and his face is red with anger, and Tom is by the counter, and Mr. Doyle is by the door, and I am across from Ethan, and Clara is beside me, and Sam Porter is outside, and Ethan speaks fast, and his voice is fast because he is afraid, and he is afraid that if he speaks slow I will stop listening, and if I stop listening the ring will be gone, and the hand will be gone, and the helper will be gone, and the name will be gone, and gone is how Marcus wins, and gone is how the helper l