At times, the meeting with Charlie Lanier seemed like a dream, but the cell phone Claire had been given anchored the encounter to reality. She lost track of how many times she’d checked the small screen only to have the time and date stare back at her. Since the meeting, she’d kept mostly to herself. She suspected Charlie had someone watching her, but if that was true, she never spotted anyone. She tried to stay busy by reading John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany and going on long bike rides.
At times, the meeting A Prayer for Owen MeanyThe day after seeing Charlie, she visited Louise at the care facility. Her grandmother shared a room with a lovely woman named Gertrude. Gertrude was convinced Claire was her daughter. In contrast, Louise barely acknowledged her granddaughter’s presence
