Part 3 — The Listed Daughter The detective cleared his throat. The phone on my account was registered to a woman named Tiffany Dunn, twenty-six, of Bradenton. On her application …

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Part 3 — Inside Harolds Capsule I stood in my own driveway with the phone pressed to my ear. Dr. Okafors nurse spoke plainly. The capsule held no fish oil, …

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Part 3 — Mothers Wedding Dress Hem Inside the hem, wrapped flat in plastic, I found three things. A small savings passbook. A sealed envelope. And a photograph of a …

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Part 3 — Junies Red Scarf Key I put Junie in the front seat of my car and took the back roads. From a gas station lot I called the …

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Part 3 — Gate Two Unlocked The man who signed the refusal each time was the foundry plant manager in 1994, Dale Vickery. Seventy-nine now, retired to a house on …

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Part 3 — Beneath The Rocket Pops My fingers closed on a bread bag at the bottom of Moms freezer. I carried it to the cab, sat on the driver …

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Part 3 — Which One Is Thomas The man in the photograph that the woman held out was my Uncle Lowell, forty years younger, standing in a snowy yard with …

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Part 3 — Aunt Bevs List The name at the top of Aunt Bevs list was Ellis. Under it, in her neat bus-driver block letters, was Darlene. The detective unfolded …

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Part 3 — Ray Dunmores Secret The note on school letterhead went on after the line I had read in the parking lot. Dad wrote that in 1979 he had …

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Part 3 — Room Fourteen Remembered The man in the long dark coat introduced himself to me at the foot of the casket. His name was Raymond Okafor, seventy-three, retired …

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