I always new that he was in the Background

Previously

…“I think,” Eleanor said, her voice filled with a dawning understanding, “that I’ve always known that he was in the background. I just didn’t have the courage to look.” She opened the book, the pages whispering secrets as she began to read. The threads were beginning to unravel, and Eleanor Vance, for the first time, was ready to see the tapestry that lay beneath. The static was clearing, and in its place, a story was beginning to form, a story woven from the whispers of the past and the insistent pulse of the present.