CHAPTER FIVE Mark helped Lily to get off the car close to the corner of Queen St with Yonge, near the Eaton Centre, and collected all her shopping bags from the back seat. Before closing the car door, they thanked Ian’s friend once more. The man had been very kind and affable with them. The man had even spoken almost all the time. He had a need to just fill the silence, and the two of them hadn’t had the chance to exchange a single word or to contribute to the conversation at least. Mark couldn’t remember what the man had talked about. His ears had tuned off once he noticed that the man loved listening to the sound of his own voice. Mark’s mind took the time to turn around the last few days’ events once more. He tried to make sense of everything that had happened. Consequently, he had