BELIEF

‘Oh hello,’ the young girl said to the man got in the lift just as the door was closing thus occasioning another “open/close” sequence.
‘Hello,’ he said.
He might have looked at her. His head moved in that direction but sunglasses hid his eyes.
‘You were in that play weren’t you?’ she said, ‘at Easton Baptist church.’
A moment’s pause and he said, ‘yes.’
‘Do you know J? She’s my sister.’
‘Was she in the play?’
‘Yes,’ she said, ‘that’s why I thought you might know her.’
‘Yes,’ he said after what seemed like a very short amount of time. ‘I believe I do.’