PART III History: Pamela “A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that ... settles deep into her bones.” — Kristin Hannah San Francisco 1848 – 1899 The Beginning

“People say that time is curved and space is relative, but ghosts live it.” Ryan tells Neil, but Neil does not hear him. He is deafened by the sound of sorrow roaring in his ears like the tide inside a seashell. Ryan signs. It’s like talking to Aidan, like calling into an echoless void.

“The disembodied are unstuck in time. I can see the past but not change it. It’s like watching a movie; or really, more like putting yourself in the stream from the camera. Images flow over me, but they can’t hear... you might as well talk to light. Pictures pass by untouchable and unchangeable as I am. Still, being freed of time allows me to follow threads. Pamela’s is a long one.