“I can ask Amber to come up with a list. I’m sure she’ll have names we can start with. People Marilee knew in school. People she worked with. While it is a longshot, I agree that digging into Marilee’s past seems like as good an idea as any at this point.”
Adam agreed to call Amber once he got home and could look up the number. Once we’d finished our meal, we headed back to the cottage. I’d planned to spend the whole day with Adam, but he really did seem tired. While I knew that he genuinely wanted to help me, I think in some way, my search for answers had put him in an awkward position with his family. It seemed that they’d all dropped the ball. I imagined that having someone constantly bring that fact up couldn’t be pleasant.
I offered Adam a drink when we got back to the cottage, but he declined. He promised to call me tomorrow, but he did confess that he needed to get some sleep before he fell asleep on his feet. I kissed him on the cheek and wished him sweet dreams, and then I went inside. I couldn’t help but wonder if Marilee was still alive. If she had taken off and was still present in the world, then maybe I could find her. Finding her really was my best chance at finding Avery. I wasn’t sure how I’d go about tracking this woman down, but I knew her name, and I knew who she was with when she headed for Rio a quarter of a century ago. That wasn’t a lot, but it was a place to start, and lately, I’d found that as long as you had a place to start and you had brilliant friends willing to help you, the rest eventually fell into place.
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USA Today best-selling author Kathi Daley lives in beautiful Lake Tahoe with her husband, Ken. When she isn’t writing, she likes spending time hiking the miles of desolate trails surrounding her home. She’s authored more than a hundred and fifty books in thirteen series. Find out more about her books at www.kathidaley.com
