I Let You Go

Patrick remarks on the fact that Jenna’s door still doesn’t lock. He has brought dinner over—a blue lobster, which he cooks. Jenna is feeling comfortable and smiling, so he asks what she is thinking. She tells him, “I was thinking about us” (197). He says he has to know, and playfully flicks water at her. She screams, spins away, and puts her arms over her head in an instinctive reaction. “The air swirls around me and for a second I am transported to another time. Another place” (198).

She apologizes. Patrick tries to comfort her, but she pulls away. He says her name and asks softly, “What happened to you?” (198). They hear a door knock, and she thinks it’ll be Iestyn. Instead, it is Ray and Kate from Bristol CID. Kate says, “I’m arresting you for causing death by dangerous driving, and for failing to stop at the scene of an accident.” She gives her the usual police warning. And Jenna knows it is time to stop pretending. 

Starting Part 2, this chapter comes from the standpoint of a previously shadowy character, referenced once or twice but seen only briefly. It is Ian Peterson, Jenna’s husband, addressing Jenna in the second person, as “you,” in his