“A senior reporter from the Newport Daily News,” Paige said, setting a small square message slip on the corner of the desk.

“He said someone at the hotel reception mentioned a ten-year-old certified mail slip with Grant’s signature on it.”

Caroline picked up the message, read the ten-digit phone number written across the middle, and folded the square neatly into quarters.

She tore the paper cleanly along the fold and dropped both pieces into the heavy brass wastebasket beside her desk chair.

“We don’t take calls from reporters, Paige,” Caroline said.