Nineteen Thousand Dollars, a Forged Signature, and a Flight to the Dominican Republic
Marcus stepped back and let me go closer.
The zipper was all the way closed.
A small plastic luggage tag shaped like a cartoon cat hung from the handle.
I knelt down and unzipped the main compartment.
The nylon halves fell open, showing a clear plastic packing cube.
Inside, someone had carefully folded dozens of tiny clothes.
I saw three new bathing suits, a stack of cotton shorts, and a small sealed bag of sunscreen and pink sunglasses.
“Summer clothes,” Rebecca said.