He made me put my thumbprint on the blue paper.”

I laid my right hand flat on the edge of the oak table to keep my fingers steady.

“Did Aunt Lauren see him ask you to do it?”

“She was standing right next to the front window,” Bennett said, the words coming fast as his chin started to wobble.

“She kept looking out at the driveway.

She told him to hurry before the yellow school bus came.”

“Did you see where Mr.