When realization finally hit, Asher quietly crouched down beside Ray. Maybe it hadn't dawned on him sooner because he'd done a good job of suppressing that it had ever happened to him. It definitely had nothing to do with the fact that Danica being responsible was completely far-fetched, because it wasn't.

The Island had made his dead wife show up before. Now, apparently it was Ray's turn. He couldn't remember him ever mentioning an Irene from back home, but he could understand why if this was what happened to her.

Asher knew dead when he saw it, and he was sure Ray knew it, too, but he just put a hand on his shoulder rather than state the obvious out loud.