Luna was very serious when her phone rang. It was Gaines. “Sorry. I have to take this.” Luna got up and walked into Cullen’s showroom. “Hey. How’s it going?”

“You are something else, Luna-tic. The handwriting is a match. How you figured all of this out is beyond me.”

“I knew it! I knew it!” Luna was beyond excited. “She’s here right now. Let me finish up with her. I’ll call you back. You are the best!”

Before Luna went back to the café, she called Ellie, using Cullen’s walkie-talkie. “Ellie. It’s a match. The handwriting is a match!”

“Incredible! I am going to call Jimmy and tell him there’s an emergency and he needs to get here pronto. Do you think you can stall her?”

“I’ll do my best.” Luna went back into the café.

Luna sat down across from Tori. “Tell me more about that night. If you don’t mind.”

“It’s been a terrible burden to carry. As I was saying, Kyle and I decided to take a walk. I stupidly left a candle burning. Kyle and I heard the fire engines, and when we got close to the house, we realized what had happened. We were both so scared, and he had been talking about us running away, so that seemed like the opportune moment.”

“And your brother?”

Tori burst into tears. “I saw him running from the house. I could hear him screaming. I wanted to run to him, but Kyle thought we might get arrested because of the fire. So we took off. I wrote my parents a note and said not to look for us. And they didn’t. No surprise there.”

Luna handed Tori the box of tissues she kept handy for emotional readings. “And you have no idea what happened to your brother?”

Tori shook her head. “I have no connection with anyone from my past. It’s kinda sad. I had a best friend who I cut out of my life. I was afraid she’d tell my parents. As the days became weeks, then months, then years, I thought it was too late to reach out.”

She thought about Rita’s story and how similar it sounded to Tori’s. Luna wondered if that could be because they were part of the same story. It would be very bizarre, but synchronicity works that way.

“Give me a second, would you?”

“Sure.” Tori sniffed.

Luna pulled out her walkie-talkie. “Hey there. Do you have a minute to stop by?”

The voice crackled back. “Sure. I also have photos to show you.”

Within a few minutes, Rita walked into the café. A woman was sitting at a table. There was something familiar about her, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. Luna nodded. Rita gave Luna an odd look.

“Victoria?” Luna asked in a hushed voice.