johnny flew out over the two-step drop , knees bent , convinced he was going to sustain multiple fractures at the very least , convinced that the boy was dying or already dead , convinced that audrey wyler 's mind had snapped under the strain and she had fallen under the delusion that david carver was either the cop or a minion of the cop ... and all the time his eyes went on recording and his brain kept on receiving the images and stonng them .