After the funeral, Wyatt Wright sent Cole Rodriguez and the others back, but he planned to stay until the soul returning day had passed. Rae Bennett stayed to keep him company, living in Grandma Spencer's old house.
The temperature outside was very high.
Dogs barked, cicadas sang, chickens and ducks chattered away, and village children returned from fishing, stepping on the joss paper scattered during the funeral procession as they ran past the single-story bungalows.
There was no air conditioning in the bungalow, and the old electric fan swayed violently when it turned, making a creaking sound. The weather was so hot that even the wind carried the heat with it.
Under the fan, there was a rocking chair on which Wyatt lay, his eyes closed.
