They sat silently together. Simon shouldn’t be pleased about this arrangement– this reversal of fortune– that ‘Fulbright’ was the prisoner, and Simon was his watchdog.
But he was pleased. Why? To see the Phantom who had caused him so much pain be forced to make amends for his deeds?
No– at the heart of the issue was a more twisted emotion.
Simon rested his hand on the Phantom’s glove.
Below the leather was a scar that haunted them all.
‘Fulbright’ startled sharply as Simon pulled the glove off, and rested his hand on the reality of the distorted flesh instead.
