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“Can I show you something? It’s in my vest. A photo.”
She went through my vest pockets—the knife, the challenge coins from my Marine days, some cash. Then she found it. The photo worn soft as cloth.
Her face went white.
It was Sarah at two years old, sitting on my Harley, wearing my oversized vest, laughing at the camera.
Amy had taken it two weeks before they disappeared. The last good day we’d had as a family, even divorced.
“Where did you get this?” Her voice was sharp, professional, but underneath, something else. Fear? Recognition?
“That’s my daughter. Sarah Elizabeth McAllister. Born September 3rd, 1990, at 3 AM. Eight pounds, two ounces.
She had colic for three months and only stopped crying when I rode her around the neighborhood on my bike. Her first word was ‘vroom.’”
Officer Chen stared at the photo, then at me, then back at the photo. I saw the moment she saw it—the resemblance. The same nose, the same stubborn chin.
“Adopted?”
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