CHAPTER TWELVE-1
CHAPTER TWELVEMatthew went down to the sea. It was the middle of the night, but there was still plenty of light: from the moon, from the city, from the motel behind. He lowered himself into a half-lotus position, on the narrow beach, back straight, hands folded into one another, breathing lightly, unafraid of attackers or muggers, cocooned in a space they could not invade. Carey was pivotal. It was about the time that he had gone to Arnotts that he had announced the move to the States; it was at the time that he was getting to know Carey that he had told Helen to go with Cassandra to America; he had been distracted by Carey’s interest and admission into The Programme from the direction in which Cassandra was dragging The Programme in the States; even when they were at Hammer Reach, he had
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