when he came in , she looked up at him and said , `` i do n't know what he did . once upon a time , he 'd spent summers on all these back roads when he stayed with his grandfather . `` they 're talking of nothing else in there . it was a little more than two years ago . it should have been you , i whispered . after the first couple of months ... he pulled out the contents far enough so everyone could see it . maybe he did and once again we 're ignoring things . 