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PART 2 — THE BOX HE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO FIND Her lips moved again. This time, I understood. “Union Station.” I stared at Evelyn. “Union Station?” Her fingers closed …

For several seconds, nobody spoke. I kept staring at the photograph. Daniel Mercer. Alive. Fourteen years earlier, Nolan had stood beside me at a memorial service and cried while a …

For several seconds, nobody moved. Daniel’s words seemed to hang in the room. Thomas Mercer is not our uncle. He’s our real father. I stared at him, certain I had …

By the time we reached Richard Mercer’s cemetery, the sky had turned gray. No rain. No wind. Just a strange stillness that made every tree seem frozen. Detective Ortiz had …

Room 31 no longer appeared on the hospital map. That was the first problem. The second was that Saint Agnes administrators insisted it had never existed. Detective Ortiz stood behind …

PART 3 — THE SECRET MY MOTHER TOOK TO HER GRAVE My father’s shout echoed through the office. “DON’T.” Mr. Sanders stopped with his hand resting on the folder. Everyone …

PART 4 — THE WOMAN I TRUSTED MOST The name on my mother’s letter made my hands go numb. Susan Miller. Aunt Susan. The woman who had opened her apartment …

PART 5 — THE TRUTH THEY COULDN’T BURY I stared at the photograph until the faces blurred. My mother. Daniel. Arthur. And the fourth person. The one whose face had …