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I remembered Rick\u2014charming, professional, expensive. Jessica\u2019s parents had spared no expense for their daughter\u2019s wedding, and Rick Brennan was apparently the most sought-after wedding photographer in Dallas. I\u2019d met him briefly during the reception, where he\u2019d complimented my dress and assured me he\u2019d captured beautiful moments of David and me dancing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, Rick. How are you?\u201d I kept my voice pleasant, but his tone was setting off alarm bells. This wasn\u2019t a social call.\u201cMa\u2019am, I need you to come to my studio tonight. I found something in the wedding photos. Something very strange.\u201d He paused, and I could hear him breathing, could hear the weight of whatever he was carrying. \u201cPlease don\u2019t say anything to your son yet. You should be the first person to see this.\u201d<\/p>\n

My hand stilled on the counter. The soup stopped mattering. The crossword puzzle, the comfortable evening I\u2019d planned\u2014all of it evaporated in the space between his words and my racing heartbeat.\u201cWhat kind of something?\u201d I asked, though part of me already knew I wouldn\u2019t like the answer.\u201cI can\u2019t explain over the phone. Can you come tonight? Please, Mrs. Thompson. It\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n

I hung up twenty minutes later, having agreed to meet him at eight o\u2019clock. I turned off the stove, abandoned the soup, and stood in my kitchen feeling like the floor had tilted beneath my feet. I\u2019d survived a lot in my life\u2014my husband\u2019s sudden death from a heart attack when David was only twelve, the long years of single motherhood, the financial struggles of raising a boy on a teacher\u2019s salary while trying to save for his college education. I thought I knew what fear felt like, what dread felt like, what it meant to have your world crack open and show you something ugly underneath.<\/p>\n

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