Chapter 9 - Sofie Remembers One More Thing
Sofie was coloring at Cameron’s dining table when she heard Naomi say
Emma’s name.
She looked up.
“Mommy, is Emma the train girl?”
Naomi froze.
“What train girl?”
Sofie ran to her little backpack.
Inside was a folded drawing.
A teenage girl beside a train.
A tall building.
A man holding a little girl’s hand.
On the back were four numbers.
Naomi began crying.
Emma had mailed Sofie a birthday card two months earlier.
Naomi thought the drawing was random.
Cameron recognized the building.
Grand Central Terminal.
The four numbers were a locker code.
Investigators coordinated recovery of the locker contents.
Inside was a flash drive, a handwritten letter, and Emma’s childhood
necklace.
Cameron had given her that necklace on her fourth birthday.
His knees nearly failed.
The letter began:
May you like
Dad, if you’re reading this, I finally found a way to make sure Jonathan
can’t erase me again.
