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"I remember Cabin Nine."

Everyone looked at him.

"I remember that little girl."

"I remember Emily asking me to check on her."

His voice was barely above a whisper.

"I never did."

"No," Doris said gently.

"You didn't know."

"But I should have."

Judy folded the letter carefully.

"I don't think Emily was trying to solve her own murder."

Wolf looked up.

"I don't either."

"She was trying to save Eliza."

Judy nodded.

"Exactly."

She looked around the room.

"Everything she wrote points back to one child."

My mind started turning.

"If we identify Eliza..."

"...we identify the reason Emily died."

The room fell silent again.

Then Mabel suddenly snapped her fingers.

"Oh!"

Everyone looked at her.

"The registration cards."

Sheriff Tate frowned.

"I thought they were destroyed."

"They weren't."

Mabel looked toward Doris.