Answer:
People cross each other's paths but that doesn't change their destinations.
Step-by-step explanation:
Written by William Fryer Harvey, English horror and mystery author, August Heat is a short story about an artist, James, that attends a trial and draws a portrait of the sentenced man. Later, James meets this man: he was carving a tombstone with James´name and birth date. They engage in a conversation as the story evolves, suggesting that James would be the victim of a murder by the man. This way, no matter what they did in between, the determining facts of stay the same: murder, trial, and death.