Actually, before Hull came back, Susanna had really wanted to ask Barnaby about

it.

But Barnaby was glued to his phone, scrolling through TikToks, barely

acknowledging she existed.

So when Hull finally came home, he walked right into Susanna shooting daggers at Barnaby, her face a picture of pure exasperation.

Now, hearing Susanna say she had questions for him, Hull frowned. "About your mom?"

"Yeah, and about my mom. Didn't you say you had a lead on her? What happened?"

It wasn't just about herself-her mom was always at the back of her mind.

Every time she thought about how the Murray family had treated her and her mom, Susanna's worry only grew.

Growing up, all she really knew was that her mother was always busy with work. She was hardly ever home.

Susanna had barely ever felt what real family warmth was like.

She'd always longed for her mother's love, sometimes even daydreamed about what it'd be like if her dad had been around.

What was it her mom had said back then? Something like, "Susie, your dad's been gone a long time."

Hearing that as a kid had crushed her.


if being gone was better. At least the dead didn't

said, "Your mom's okay. She's

"So where are they?"

"That... I'm not sure."

were together, wherever they'd gone.

frowned. "If you don't even know where they are, how can you be

"Lincoln left a sign."

sign only Hull could read, meaning

All's well...

one thing: the two of them had left

was to

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and gently pinched her

it like that, Susanna couldn't help but nod,

seen her mom in

we

pocket and pulled out a small

furrow in her brow finally eased

asked, "What is

smiled a little. "She's

mom had shown her it together with

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