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I concentrated.
WHY?
Mara shook her head.
“Nobody knew. Her father said she was traumatized by losing her mother.”
Samuel listened carefully.
“Do you know where she went?”
“She was transferred to another facility. My colleague believes a relative took custody afterward.”
Samuel wrote down the information.
“Can you find out which relative?”
“I can try.”
He nodded.
“Please do. But don’t contact David or Jessica.”
Mara agreed.
When Samuel left, I remained troubled by the photograph.
I remembered the way David had spoken about his past.
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He had told me his parents were dead.
He had said he had spent most of his twenties traveling.
He claimed he had never been in a serious relationship before me.
Every detail had been carefully constructed.