On Capello Way in Bel Air only the gardeners trimming xylosma hedges heard the explosion.
It’s fine to wonder why the five people seated at the corner table were not killed or maimed when the bomb in the space heater next to them went off.
That’s just the way it turned out.
Nobody saw the angel swoop down and tilt their table to shield them against the brunt of the blast.
We can ask why the five of them were spared. We’ll never know. If a scientist told us there was a virtually complete deflection of the bomb’s concussive force, that would just be part of the story.
Nobody saw the angel.
Only the gardeners on Capello Way, trimming hedges not far from the Hotel Bel-Air, had an inkling.
