XXVIIThey sat together in the hours before Finn had to work, Diane lying on the floor, unable to get comfortable, Finn propped against the rock wall beside her. Tom had gone back to bed, saying nothing, once Finn had explained who Diane was.
“He's really Mrs. Megrim's son?” asked Diane.
“One of them.”
“He doesn't seem as bad as his mother.”
“He's not. I mean, neither was Mrs. Megrim really. Once you and Connor had left, I got to know her well.”
“They came for Connor too?”
“You didn't know? Of course. That's why they were there in the valley that day. They hadn't come for you – they came for him.”
“Ah.”
She stared up at the cavern ceiling for a moment, as if trying to remember everything that had happened. “You lost both of us at the same time. On the same day.”
Finn nodded. She ha
