Alexander She didn’t come to her next performance. And the next. Even the seashore seemed empty. I had gone home a few times to check if she had spent more time in the sea. I spent the weekends in the palace, hoping to see her. But there was no way of knowing if she had returned at all. I wouldn’t know. There was nobody to ask. Evan said that Carla often left him notes by the rocks, but nothing was there. Her house had started being built. A couple rooms were now available. However, there was no sign of Carla, either. “Would they just disappear like that?” I asked Evan, not really expecting him to know the answer. He shrugged, his eyes seemingly looking at nowhere. I was hoping he would make little jokes or even make plans for what we could do. After all, I had brought him to what he

