Chapter 727

• We drove back to Castlewellan in silence. Adelie hadn’t said a word since I said I didn’t want to discuss my past, and I knew the mood was spoiled. I didn’t want to tell her about that because I didn’t like the person I used to be back then, a cold person, capable of killing someone else without warning, without cause. It didn't matter if they were criminals, they were still people whom I had murdered.
• “Do you want to stop for lunch or go back to the house?” I asked her as we entered Castlewellan.
• “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to spoil the day,” she said to me, and looked down. I could see the regret in her eyes and it made me feel guilty, because I had spoiled it, not her.