Chapter 4

Absorbed in his thoughts about Bryce and the silent war between them, Paul didn't stop to wonder about Althea until Tuesday morning, when he was already ensconced on the Amtrak train that was taking him from Penn Station to Westerly, Rhode Island. He had a seat to himself, facing backward. As the train was propelled forward, it seemed to him that the landscape was fleeing in front of him. While he…