At my insistence, Xavier's mother compromised.

She agreed to let me go, but the bottom line was that I had to rest for at least ten days before leaving.

was so anxious that I couldn't fly there immediately, but I knew that if I insisted, Xavier's mother might not let me go at all, so I agreed.

I don't know how I made it through those ten days of waiting.

I asked Xavier's mom about it and learned that Xavier had been attacked by an unknown person while on a mission in ...