PART 2 — THE FORGED SIGNATURE The lawyer opened the box in my basement, lifted my sons old clothes aside, and went very still. Then he took out his phone …

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PART 2 — THE SECOND PHONE She gave me an address without my even asking. I wrote it down, and I drove, with the secret phone on the seat beside …

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PART 2 — THE BREAKFAST MAN I packed the bags myself this morning, filled the thermos, laid the index card on the dash, and drove my husbands route, stop by …

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PART 2 — THE BACK ROOM The last book on hold had a name I could trace. So I traced it, told my son I was running errands, and drove …

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PART 2 — THE COFFEE CAN This morning I started dialing down the can, one taped tag at a time, and with every call I learned a little more about …

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PART 2 — THE KENNEL I asked which way she had gone, got back in my car, and drove, following the direction the girl at the counter pointed, with no …

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PART 2 — THE FAMILY MEETING My husband read the card on the bouquet three times. Found you. Your mother-in-law is lovely. Then he set it down and did the …

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PART 2 — THE CHECK-IN My husband did not call his mother. He made a different call, two of them, and he made them quietly. The first was to our …

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PART 2 — THE PINK KEYCHAIN The doctor, still in her white coat like she had come straight from the hospital, took a car key on a faded pink keychain …

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PART 2 — THE WALLET Marks new boss, the older man in the tweed jacket, set a worn brown leather wallet on the bar. Mark, he said quietly, five years …

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