Summary

John writes that Hester is now a successful rock star, Hester the Molester. She plays hard rock and her videos air on music video channels. John detests her music, but his students love it. He sometimes chaperones girls from his school to Hester’s concerts; Hester invites them backstage and inevitably informs the girls John is still a virgin. John reiterates he is not a non-practicing homosexual, but rather what has happened to him has simply neutered him. Hester, John writes, was damaged by Owen’s death as she felt Owen abandoned her. John feels, however, that Owen has not abandoned him as Owen’s spirit has visited John twice since his death. John felt a tiny hand catch him when he fell down the secret passageway stairs at the Wheelwright house. He hears Owen’s distinctive voice telling him not to be afraid. When he...