Part 3 — The Letter D The number under the letter D belonged to Dante Willis, nineteen years old, the grandson of Mr. Willis next door. I had written it …

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Part 3 — One Frame Later The deputy pressed play once more, and the next frame showed a hand and an arm, and then a face. Crystal. In the cream-colored …

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Part 3 — Name On The Claim The name on the claim was Charlene Harlan. I read it twice, and then I looked up at the woman holding the paper, …

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Part 3 — Saturday Morning Photo The face in the photograph was Dennis Marsh, the manager of our store. For three years he had handed me my schedule every Friday …

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Part 3 — Joint Signature Card “Dale Henning,” said Agent Sills, reading from the signature card, and the courtroom went so quiet I heard the radiator tick. “The second signer …

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Part 3 — A Ring Comes Home I looked down the long table at the one person who had asked to be alone with Carl before they closed the lid, …

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Part 3 — Hank Says Hello “It was Warren,” said Hank from the white side of the bait shop, and the picture flickered. The man in boat shoes stopped moving. …

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Part 3 — Room Four Remembered “Back then her name was Darlene Pike,” the voice of my daughter said from the little white box. “Mom, you trained her.” I knew …

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Part 3 — Money Orders Monthly “The man he has been paying is Raymond Pruitt,” Delbert said on the tape, and the cassette player hissed in the silence of that …

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Part 3 — Papers On The Bed “Wade, the woman you just married asked me to put my name on a paper that would have given her the house, my …

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