Harvey It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out what my mind is occupied with. Claudette. All these years I have carried the guilt with me that I failed her, and honestly, I still do. I did not get to her in time. Not when she was attacked and not when she turned. I was not there for her when she needed me. I have not seen or spoken with her since Vegavino. On the one hand, I am dying to call her, but every time I pick up my phone to do so, I stop. I do not know what to say. It saddens me that she was the one person whom I could be myself with, and now she feels like a stranger. I do not know how to respond or what to say when she is around. What do you say to your dead spouse after almost three hundred years? Nice to see you. You’ve lost weight? I just do not know. I sigh mi

