“This was in my adoption box,” she said.

“I’ve kept it since I was little.”

No one spoke.

She turned the rabbit over.

On the underside was a faint ink mark: L.P.

Gregory leaned against the counter, suddenly looking old.

Lena cautioned us again that objects can travel between children and records can be mistaken.

But she arranged a conversation with an adult relative from the Price family who had volunteered to help clarify the history.