He Thought I Was Deaf, I Heard Everything novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: Junie's Name
I picked the hill across the river for the wedding.
It was the same cemetery, the same old trees, and by the second Saturday in December every branch was bare.
The grass had frozen stiff, and the sky was a hard clean blue.
I stood in a plain ivory coat beside the small grey stone with the lamb on top.
Everyone I had asked had come.
Albert Ward wore his heavy suit and held a white handkerchief he did not need.
The interpreter in the navy suit stood in the front row.
She had cried through the first two minutes, and she had signed the whole ceremony anyway, her hands steady and sure, because I had asked her to.
The housekeeper wore a green hat and kept patting her eyes.
Both of Peter's technicians stood at the back, in suits that did not fit, trying not to look at the grave.
The detective stood with her hands in her coat, off to one side, and when I caught her eye she gave me a little nod.
"No bail," Albert had said quietly when we arrived. "The trial is set for spring. The district attorney added a second charge on Thursday."
I had said thank you, and then I had put it away.
Today I was not going to think about Tobias.
Peter stood in front of me in a dark suit with no tie.
His hair was brushed, and a piece of it already stuck up in back.
He held a folded sheet of paper in one hand, and his fingers shook.
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