Jenna tells me she has a key.”

“I saw her go in.

I didn’t see her carry anything out.” Evelyn’s hands slid down into her apron pockets.

“I should have looked in that window a week sooner than I did.”

The porch light above me was on, and it was noon.

Someone had stood in my kitchen to take that picture.

I folded the yellow paper once, hard, then called the naval station and asked for Captain Douglas.

Captain Douglas read the citation twice before setting it on his desk.