The Uninvited

him. I didn’t push him.’ I say it again andagain and again. I can’t seem to stop. I’mvery overloaded.‘I know,’ he says, approaching. ‘Calmdown, sir. Take deep breaths.’ It’s a goodsuggestion. ‘I saw it happen. I saw him goover. You were nowhere near, sir. Icalled the site boss. He’s called thepolice.’ His phone rings. ‘Excuse me.’While he talks I think about Tom andJerry. Freddy and I are fans of thiscartoon. When an animal hits the ground,in Tom and Jerry, its body is flattened bythe impact. But in real life, this doesn’thappen. When an object drops verticallyfrom the sky, the speed of its descent willbe slowed to some extent by airresistance. I wonder if a height of thirty-