Sleepy Fox Hollow I choose how i sin

Thought Anselm intended the spotlight to focus on Etienne, it flipped back to him. He mentally set on his heels, digesting all that had been disclosed by the salt-blooded boy. 

What did Anselm factor into any of Etienne’s decisions? He felt a prickle of annoyance to be held accountable; and something else, too. 

He shoved that persistent and budding feeling downwards, dragging under the drowning water of his subconscious. 

Was Etienne leaving truly what Anselm wanted? He was a lonely boy - an angry one too — there were already too many holes in the fabric of his heart. What kind of hole would Etienne leave in his passing?

For a long time it looked as if Anselm would answer. At length he scoffed, rose to his feet, and left the sunning boy to his perch on the rock. He would not speak of his feelings. He would bury them each, and leave them there to rot.