Sarah Brooks lived alone in a brick ranch house outside Springfield.<\/p>\n
No attempt to flee.<\/p>\n
No destroyed computer.<\/p>\n
No packed suitcase.<\/p>\n
When investigators arrived, she opened the door before they knocked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wondered when you\u2019d find Lena\u2019s files.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew they existed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you know why we\u2019re here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah looked older than seventy-four.<\/p>\n
Not physically frail.<\/p>\n
Tired in a way that seemed permanent.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter did not.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll speak at the station.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI expected that too.\u201d<\/p>\n
She came voluntarily.<\/p>\n
No arrest yet.<\/p>\n
Evidence first.<\/p>\n
In the interview room, Carter placed the payment page on the table.<\/p>\n
Sarah did not deny the initials.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeventeen years of payments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Arthur?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Samuel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah folded her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes information.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat information?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPlacement availability.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChildren.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFamilies under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cParents likely to lose custody.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter felt the room tighten.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou fed them targets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary sat beside Carter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does sometimes mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means you\u2019re going to decide what I was before I explain what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter kept her voice even.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe decide from evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cLena would\u2019ve liked you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah took a long breath.<\/p>\n
She joined child protective services at twenty-six.<\/p>\n
Idealistic.<\/p>\n
Undertrained.<\/p>\n
Overworked.<\/p>\n
Arthur Price was already respected.<\/p>\n
Donor.<\/p>\n
Family advocate.<\/p>\n
Former attorney.<\/p>\n
Connected to judges.<\/p>\n
Churches.<\/p>\n
Hospitals.<\/p>\n
When CPS needed emergency placements, Arthur knew families.<\/p>\n
At first Sarah believed he helped.<\/p>\n
Children left dangerous homes quickly.<\/p>\n
Paperwork appeared efficiently.<\/p>\n
Families passed inspections.<\/p>\n
Then one case went wrong.<\/p>\n
A four-year-old boy named Peter disappeared after an emergency placement.<\/p>\n
Arthur claimed the receiving family moved unexpectedly.<\/p>\n
Sarah reported it.<\/p>\n
Her supervisor told her the matter had been handled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho was your supervisor?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arthur\u2019s accountant later.<\/p>\n
At that time, a county administrator.<\/p>\n
Another connection.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you keep asking?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father was audited.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter waited.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband lost a contract.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPressure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Arthur offered money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he offer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProtection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah\u2019s voice grew quieter.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me Peter had been moved because the biological father was dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas that true?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you verify?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRecords vanished.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paper.<\/p>\n
Always paper.<\/p>\n
Sarah said Arthur began asking her for information.<\/p>\n
Not orders.<\/p>\n
Questions.<\/p>\n
Which foster homes had openings?<\/p>\n
Which children lacked involved relatives?<\/p>\n
Which parents had no attorneys?<\/p>\n
Which cases might cross county lines?<\/p>\n
She answered some.<\/p>\n
Refused others.<\/p>\n
Then money appeared in an account.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him I didn\u2019t want it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you return it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah looked at Carter.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause by then accepting it was part of the trap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter did not let her hide behind passive language.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could have reported it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur played golf with the chief.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cState investigators.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
No argument.<\/p>\n
No justification.<\/p>\n
That mattered, though it did not absolve her.<\/p>\n
Carter asked, \u201cHow many children did your information expose?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEstimate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDozens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary inhaled slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cDozens.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know they were being kidnapped?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot at first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen did you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy year four.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you stayed thirteen more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lena.<\/p>\n
Carter felt the pattern before Sarah explained.<\/p>\n
Arthur knew where Lena went to school.<\/p>\n
He sent photographs.<\/p>\n
Not explicit threats.<\/p>\n
Just proof of visibility.<\/p>\n
Sarah stayed.<\/p>\n
Then Lena became a teenager and started asking why her mother hated Judge Price.<\/p>\n
Sarah lied.<\/p>\n
Years passed.<\/p>\n
Arthur died.<\/p>\n
Sarah believed the danger might end.<\/p>\n
Samuel arrived instead.<\/p>\n
More organized.<\/p>\n
Less charming.<\/p>\n
More direct.<\/p>\n
He knew every payment Arthur had made.<\/p>\n
Every disclosure.<\/p>\n
Every altered note.<\/p>\n
Sarah was trapped by her own history.<\/p>\n
Carter said, \u201cSo Samuel blackmailed you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you continued providing information.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil I retired.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened after?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to tell Lena.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
Exactly when Lena opened ARTHUR\u2019S CHILDREN.<\/p>\n
Mary leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou started her investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou gave Lena the story.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not go to law enforcement?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Hall was captain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fair.<\/p>\n
\u201cFederal?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know whom to trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you put your daughter in danger instead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah flinched.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her to research, not publish.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe became a threat anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor followed her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe died trying to escape him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The repetition sounded like punishment Sarah had administered to herself every day since.<\/p>\n
Carter asked, \u201cDid you tell Samuel Lena was investigating?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHall?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen how did they know?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah looked genuinely confused.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve wondered for eighteen months.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was still a leak.<\/p>\n
Lena\u2019s reporting contacts.<\/p>\n
Foundation staff.<\/p>\n
Phone records.<\/p>\n
Email.<\/p>\n
Or someone closer.<\/p>\n
Carter asked for every person Sarah knew Lena had contacted.<\/p>\n
The list included Rachel.<\/p>\n
David.<\/p>\n
Thomas.<\/p>\n
Hall.<\/p>\n
Price.<\/p>\n
Reeves.<\/p>\n
A former court clerk.<\/p>\n
Three retired social workers.<\/p>\n
And Paul Mercer.<\/p>\n
Daniel Mercer\u2019s son.<\/p>\n
The retired investigator Rachel once tried to contact.<\/p>\n
Paul had seemed peripheral until now.<\/p>\n
They brought him in voluntarily.<\/p>\n
He was sixty-seven.<\/p>\n
Former state investigator.<\/p>\n
He had spent much of his career investigating institutional abuse.<\/p>\n
Carter asked:<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Lena Brooks contact you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral times.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout Arthur Price?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you tell her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul looked exhausted.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause my father worked for Arthur.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI suspected as a teenager. Confirmed later.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid Daniel Mercer admit it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNear the end of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel Mercer was not dead, Carter corrected.<\/p>\n
Still alive in assisted care.<\/p>\n
Paul blinked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father told me he was dying.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul laughed once bitterly.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n
More manipulation.<\/p>\n
Even inside families.<\/p>\n
Carter asked, \u201cDid you tell anyone Lena contacted you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid anyone know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father.\u201d<\/p>\n
There.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI confronted him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat a journalist was finally digging into Arthur.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing, supposedly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel Mercer had recently met Samuel at Blackwater.<\/p>\n
He was not merely a historical accountant.<\/p>\n
He remained connected.<\/p>\n
Carter returned to the ninety-one-year-old.<\/p>\n
This time no gentle historical interview.<\/p>\n
She placed Lena\u2019s photograph before him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew she was investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mercer looked away.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told Samuel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe asked me to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy were you still obeying him?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mercer\u2019s mouth trembled.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy son.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter almost closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about Paul?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSamuel had evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul\u2019s daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another generation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe had addiction problems when she was young.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSamuel threatened to expose her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo destroy her custody case.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old was her child?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you believed Samuel could take the child?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew he could.\u201d<\/p>\n
So Daniel Mercer betrayed Lena to protect his granddaughter.<\/p>\n
And in doing so helped expose Lena to Victor.<\/p>\n
Another person choosing one family member at the expense of someone else\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The network had made moral hostages of everyone it touched.<\/p>\n
Carter asked, \u201cDid Samuel order Lena killed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said scare her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTake her files?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you know Victor followed her the night she died?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you report it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mercer began crying.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a coward.\u201d<\/p>\n
For once, Carter did not correct the label.<\/p>\n
The evidence supported his own judgment.<\/p>\n
Paul learned the truth later that afternoon.<\/p>\n
He sat across from his father.<\/p>\n
No investigators inside except through observation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told them about Lena.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel cried.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was protecting Emma.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou protected Emma by putting someone else\u2019s daughter in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought Victor would scare her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou spent your whole life saying Arthur made you do things.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul\u2019s voice remained quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe made consequences. You made choices.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter heard the sentence through the monitor.<\/p>\n
It could have been spoken to half the suspects.<\/p>\n
Arthur created pressure.<\/p>\n
Samuel perfected it.<\/p>\n
Victor enforced it.<\/p>\n
But choices still existed.<\/p>\n
Sometimes terrible choices.<\/p>\n
Sometimes costly ones.<\/p>\n
Still choices.<\/p>\n
Sarah Brooks faced the same truth.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors charged her with conspiracy-related offenses tied to specific cases where evidence showed knowing assistance.<\/p>\n
Not every payment proved a kidnapping.<\/p>\n
Not every referral was fraudulent.<\/p>\n
Again, case by case.<\/p>\n
Sarah did not ask for special treatment.<\/p>\n
She asked only whether she could see Lena\u2019s archive one last time.<\/p>\n
The foundation refused access during the active investigation.<\/p>\n
Instead, Martin provided one item Lena had designated for Sarah.<\/p>\n
A sealed letter.<\/p>\n
Written months before her death.<\/p>\n
Sarah opened it in Carter\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n
Mom,<\/p>\n
I know enough now to understand why you were afraid.<\/p>\n
I also know fear does not erase what happened to the children whose names passed through your desk.<\/p>\n
Both things can be true.<\/p>\n
Sarah stopped reading.<\/p>\n
Her hands shook.<\/p>\n
She continued privately.<\/p>\n
Later she told Carter only one thing from the letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cLena said she still loved me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter nodded.<\/p>\n
Love and accountability were not opposites.<\/p>\n
That lesson kept returning.<\/p>\n
Rachel could have loved Thomas once and still testify against him.<\/p>\n
Emily could miss parts of her father and still fear him.<\/p>\n
Hannah could care about Ethan and still know he failed her.<\/p>\n
Eleanor could grieve Arthur\u2019s theft and still be responsible for repeating his methods.<\/p>\n
Human attachment did not rewrite evidence.<\/p>\n
The payment investigation uncovered another account.<\/p>\n
S.B. was Sarah Brooks.<\/p>\n
But a second set of payments used the initials L.B.<\/p>\n
Lena?<\/p>\n
Impossible.<\/p>\n
Dates began before she was born.<\/p>\n
Carter searched Arthur\u2019s oldest records.<\/p>\n
L.B. belonged to Lawrence Benton.<\/p>\n
Charles Benton\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
Former county attorney.<\/p>\n
The network had been inherited not only by the Price family.<\/p>\n
Other families passed roles down too.<\/p>\n
Charles Benton had grown up around Arthur\u2019s legal protection system.<\/p>\n
When confronted, he finally stopped pretending his involvement began with Eleanor.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father introduced me to Samuel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old were you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwenty-six.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew what Haven did?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough?\u201d<\/p>\n
Benton looked down.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy join?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause my father said this was how things worked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter felt disgust sharpen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was enough?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt twenty-six, I wanted his approval.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd later?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLater I wanted money.\u201d<\/p>\n
At least the answer became honest.<\/p>\n
Benton\u2019s cooperation identified old legal channels and hidden trusts.<\/p>\n
Assets were frozen.<\/p>\n
Records preserved.<\/p>\n
More former participants were named.<\/p>\n
But one name remained absent from every confession.<\/p>\n
The man Emily had originally described only as the other man.<\/p>\n
The one who came downstairs with Thomas.<\/p>\n
Victor had been present sometimes.<\/p>\n
Samuel sometimes.<\/p>\n
But Emily had insisted the other man was different.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn\u2019t like noise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter returned to Emily carefully.<\/p>\n
No leading questions.<\/p>\n
She showed photographs only after child-interview specialists approved.<\/p>\n
Victor.<\/p>\n
Samuel.<\/p>\n
Vale.<\/p>\n
Benton.<\/p>\n
Reeves.<\/p>\n
Hall.<\/p>\n
Emily rejected each.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you see the man?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter ended the session.<\/p>\n
They would not force recognition.<\/p>\n
Then Lily provided something unexpected.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe quiet man wore gloves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhite.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMedical?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWork gloves?\u201d<\/p>\n
She thought.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike church.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mary frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cChurch gloves?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lily mimed holding something.<\/p>\n
A book.<\/p>\n
Not gloves for work.<\/p>\n
Ceremonial gloves?<\/p>\n
Or simply pale cloth.<\/p>\n
Sophie remembered a man who disliked children crying.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe played music.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat music?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPiano.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom a phone?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the house?\u201d<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019s house had no piano.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOther house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat other house?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one with windows that didn\u2019t open.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter searched known sites.<\/p>\n
Cedar Grove had sealed windows.<\/p>\n
A chapel.<\/p>\n
And an old piano.<\/p>\n
Who played it?<\/p>\n
Diane remembered.<\/p>\n
\u201cSamuel\u2019s uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter stared.<\/p>\n
\u201cArthur had another son?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhose uncle?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVictor\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
That made no sense until genealogy records surfaced.<\/p>\n
Victor Hale\u2019s biological father had been connected to the Price maternity home.<\/p>\n
Name:<\/p>\n
Stephen Moore.<\/p>\n
Lillian Moore\u2019s younger brother.<\/p>\n
If accurate, Victor was not merely William Hale\u2019s supposed half-brother through manipulated records.<\/p>\n
He was biologically connected to Lillian\u2019s family through another line.<\/p>\n
The network\u2019s family story had been deliberately falsified even among its own members.<\/p>\n
Stephen Moore was listed dead.<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
Carter no longer trusted death certificates on sight.<\/p>\n
They verified.<\/p>\n
No body.<\/p>\n
Closed-casket funeral.<\/p>\n
Nathan Reeves\u2019s predecessor signed certification.<\/p>\n
Carter looked at Mary.<\/p>\n
\u201cFind Stephen Moore.\u201d<\/p>\n
If he was alive, he would be seventy-two.<\/p>\n
And according to Diane, he played piano at Cedar Grove.<\/p>\n
The quiet man Emily remembered might not be another hired operator.<\/p>\n
He might be one of the oldest living members of the family Arthur Price had broken apart.<\/p>\n
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