Chapter NineJay absentmindedly
held the door for me, lost in dark thoughts. I got in. He stood for
a few seconds, only his torso visible to me. I thought he was
gazing at the station entrance. Then he strode around the little
car and got in, frowning slightly. He didn't look at me or say
anything, just got us back onto the main road, Stereophonics
playing on the sound-system. The melancholy, whimsical sound
perfectly matched our moods. Jay broke the silence a few minutes
down the N3.
“So what happened
after he knocked me out?”
“He chased Henry,
dragging me along because he thought at first that I was in league
with Henry.”
“So what changed
his mind?”
“I hadn't tried to
help Henry. He said...,” I paused, trying to remember exactly how
Terry had phrased it.
“He said
what?
