CALIFF

Shadow sensed my anxiety.

"Will you calm down?" she said to the link.

"Why are we really here, baby?"

She ignored me. Instead, she asked my dad. "How are you feeling?"

"I haven't apologized, and I know it won't make up for it. What I did was horrible. All those innocent people, I haven't forgiven myself either. I was consumed by ego and greed, and when the opportunity struck, I took it."

"It's already been thirteen years. It is still fresh in my ...