Chapter 69After War blew up, Dunne found someone who looked like Quincy sheltered behind a headstone.
Dunne called for Hannahlee, who was taking care of Leif, and then he dropped to one knee. "Quincy? Can you hear me?"
The man who looked like Quincy shook his head. "Not...Quincy." He brushed at the shrapnel embedded in his bruised, bloody face. "My name is Knox."
Dunne frowned. "May I talk to Quincy? Gilbert, I mean?"
"Gone," said Knox. "Gone for good."
"Are you sure?" said Dunne.
"He was never here, anyway." Knox coughed. "Gilbert died twenty years ago. Because of me."
"I thought it was the other way around," said Dunne. "Quincy said Knox was the one who died."
"He lied," said Knox. "I lied."
"Oh." Dunne slumped. After all they'd been through together, he'd ended u
