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Mark’s voice came through the phone. “How?” Alicia wiped her face. “Daniel said if the Silver Meadows plan failed, you had to believe Dorothy was in immediate danger.” “What kind …

PART 31 — MONDAY MORNING Read More

I stared at Alicia. “Where did Daniel think the letter was?” “In your house.” “Where?” “He didn’t know.” Thomas looked through Alicia’s list. “How did Daniel know the letter existed?” …

PART 41 — (END) THE NIGHT BEFORE RAYMOND DIED……..My daughter-in-law pocket-dialed me at 7:15 this morning. She never knew I answered. For nineteen minutes Read More

I stared at Natalie’s message. Relationship listed: Mother. Susan Mercer. Mother. I looked again at the photograph from Susan’s birthday dinner. The woman I knew as Rachel. The woman my …

PART 11 — DAVID’S SISTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD Read More

I stared at the photograph until my eyes hurt. The woman entering the hotel behind David looked older than the Amanda Cross in the missing-person article. Of course she did. …

PART 15 — AMANDA WAS ALIVE Read More

I stared at Melissa’s message. Lily’s fifth birthday was just the date they used to hide the real deadline. I typed back immediately. WHAT DEADLINE? Three dots appeared. Then disappeared. …

PART 20 — THE REAL DEADLINE Read More

I stared at the message. Do not go to Daniel at eight. My biological father was alive. Robert was alive. Emily was being held by Daniel. Sophie was hiding with …

PART 25 — (END) THOMAS TOLD ME WHY DANIEL CHOSE ME………..My husband stormed into the house yelling, “Why wasn’t your paycheck deposited? Mom’s card………. Read More

Raymond Bennett had always been Uncle Raymond to my children. To me, he had simply been Ray. My husband’s older brother. He was seventy-nine now, thinner than I remembered, his …

PART 9 — MY HUSBAND’S BROTHER Read More