"St. Patrick's Day is on Sunday, I believe." Not that Elisha was either Irish or Catholic, and thus would probably just be weathering the end of Eileen's grounding.

"Eileen missed you," he says, though, lightly. "She was upset." When David had disappeared, and Elisha was not cruel or callous enough to ruin the rest of her childhood by pointing out David was likely dead.

Wise, apparently, since he wasn't.