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“Hey,” I said. “Could I ask you for one more favor?”

Riley gripped her camera like I might try and take it from her again, but she still said, “Sure. What is it?”

“Would you mind taking a picture of me, Bess, and George? Just here, in front of the museum.”

“Oh!” said Riley. “Of course.” She looked relieved that I hadn’t tried to separate her from her camera again. “How about over there?”

The three of us headed in the direction that Riley had been pointing and posed with our arms around each other. Riley took a few photographs before I had another idea.

Susan had disappeared inside, but Beverly was still standing off to the side of the museum, looking up at the potential work to be done.

“Hey, Beverly,” I said, jogging over to her. “Would you take a picture with us? Only if you want to.” Beverly had so many happy photographs of herself and her family. I wondered how long it had been since she’d last taken a photograph like that, and if she would want to take one with us now.

Beverly thought about my question for a moment, before smiling brightly and walking over to join us.

Dear Diary,

I MEANT WHAT I SAID to Susan and Beverly. When they opened their new Christopher DeSantos exhibit in the spring, I was eager to drive back to Shady Oaks and see it for myself!

Ned and I made a fun day trip of it, staying long enough to take a good look at all the new photographs. I even showed Ned the image of me trapped in a DeSantos photograph, which was still hanging up at the Carlisle. Now that the mystery behind the photograph was solved, it was pretty cool to see it again. But I think I’ve had my fill of mysterious photographs for a while!