Chapter 32: The Great Ahmes

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​⁠“Barry Dear:

“I don’t ask you to forgive me. I never meant to see you again. But when Jim spoke to me to-day I realized, somehow, that you were here. And I knew you would come. And I knew I would have to see you. I didn’t know how hard it would be—because I never believed you cared, like that.

“I don’t know how to tell you what I see now, I must tell. It all began, really many years ago, when I was