Caroline Brooks – The $10 and the Wooden Box

“That was one reason,” Daniel said.

“There is another, and I need to explain it carefully.”

PART 7: A Gift With No Strings

Daniel turned over the photograph.

On the back, in Walter’s handwriting, were the words Anna and Thomas, 1976.

The baby was Walter’s grandson, who was now a retired firefighter living in Vermont.

“Walter owned a commercial printing company,” Daniel explained.

“He had built it from a single offset press into a regional business.