Becoming a father made me much more interested in the parent character in my novels. I've never found parents that interesting.
The not knowing would not keep me from caring.
What happens in the band room stays in the band room.
And I agreed, but still, she owed us an explanation. If she was up there, down there, out there, somewhere, maybe she would laugh.
The easiest way to solve a mystery is to decide that there is no mystery to solve.
There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough.