“All right.

Let’s check the evidence together, then.”

Chapter 13 — Let’s Check the Evidence

I gave a small nod to Douglas, who set the baby carrier down gently in the front pew, took a slim tablet from his jacket, and pressed a single button.

The large display screens mounted on the chapel walls — the ones that had been cycling, sickeningly, through a slideshow of my childhood photographs — flickered, and went black.

And then, a second later, sound filled the sanctuary, crisp and clear through the church’s own speakers.