Do these two sentences mean the same thing?
" Nobody really knows what happened except me and that guard , " Kaye said , " and I can assure you that what he said happened didn 't happen . "
" Nobody really knows what happened there except for me and the guard , and I can assure you that what he said happened didn 't happen , " Kaye said .

pick from the following. (a). no. (b). yes....I think the answer is
(b).