the longer henry looked , the better he saw . i drop both hands into my lap , parting my pink-painted lips like a dying fish . cora called me into the third bedroom , which we used for storage . his footsteps carried him to the dock . she saw that some of the stained-glass windows were broken and the floor was covered in rubble and broken candles . i answered putting my empty bowl in the dishwasher . chimpanzees and great apes make terrible pets . before i could hit the send button , my phone started to ring . 