I found them nine days later when I finally emptied it properly, folded underneath a sewing pattern, with dates stitched in the same green thread.

June 28. November 4.

I did not recognize either of them and it took me until the January to work out what they were, and when I did I had to put the tin down and go and stand in the back garden.

Part Ten: March Ninth

I went into the living room with the napkin in my pocket and Tyler was at Margaret’s desk with the bottom drawer open, going through a stack of birthday cards with one hand while spinning his keys with the other.

“What are you looking for?”