"You go on with what you were saying, Louie," Aunt Cathy said once her son and grandson had pulled up chairs and settled in. "He was just telling me about hearing Cassie's flute," she explained to Big Bill and Billy. Louie was reluctant to continue their conversation in the presence of the other two men, but Cathy said it was time the story got told and pressed him to continue. "You two keep your mouths shut for awhile, and just listen," she warned. "You're going to hear some things that are going to be hard to swallow, but you ought to know by now you can trust me to know what's true and what's real. We'll start with that day I fell, just by way of introduction, Now go on, Louie, tell us what happened."

Louie didn't look at the other men as he recounted how the sound of Cassie's flute lead him down off the mountain to Cathy's backdoor. He didn't want to see the skeptical looks he knew they were exchanging.