"No," Kevin said, shaking his head. "She was three years old when they stumbled upon this place. She was a very quiet and observant kid, especially for that age. Calvin was very protective of her. I always figured that maybe something had happened to her mom that scared him."
"You never asked him?"
Kevin seemed to think about it for a moment.
"I did once," he finally said. "Several years after they'd been here. We were drinking, just the two of us. I asked what happened to Sorsha's mom. Calvin looked... angry, which was saying something. The man was either stone-faced or happy. I'd never actually seen him angry until then. All he told me was that she wasn't in the picture, that, as far as she knew, Sorsha was dead, and it would stay that way."
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