Shawn Clegg suffered from insomnia again.
But this time, it was very different from the sleepless night when Daisy Wright left him.
That night, he had been in a state of anxious half-sleep.
This night, however, he was consumed with a kind of clarity and a nagging anxiety that felt like he was on the verge of reaching his goal.
He felt that he had actually understood the looks in Hank Clegg and Matilda Murphy's eyes, but he was still a step away from the truth.
The understanding between Hank Clegg, Matilda Murphy, and Joseph Wright was the kind that could only be achieved through long-term rapport and familiarity with each other's personalities and styles of conduct.
Moreover, it demanded high levels of intuition and intelligence.
And Shawn Clegg was only familiar with Hank Clegg.
From the singular message in Hank Clegg's eyes, he could not decipher the communications exchanged among him, Matilda Murphy, and Joseph Wright.
