15 The Woman
Ten minutes later and Thom is no closer to understanding the notebook and how his name, his real name appears in there. Is it possible that Daniel merely took a notebook belonging to Thom and wrote in it himself? Or had Daniel written it and for some reason, put Thom’s name in there on purpose? Otherwise the only other possibility is what he feared: that he wrote it himself.
He thinks about the words in the notebook like belonging and losing people and alone and they swarm around his head. The words were a shock to read and Thom realises it isn’t so much because Daniel may have written them but because they sum up many of his feelings about his own life.
Thom does feel alone, even when he is surrounded by others. Since Daniel’s death, he has taken his solitude to extremes
