After a while Junia lifted her head and pointed at him.

“Mommy.

That’s Officer Booker.

He locked the door so Daddy couldn’t take us.”

Pilar got up and crossed to him with tears running freely down her face and took his hand in both of hers and could not, for a moment, speak at all.

When she could, all she managed was: “If Junia hadn’t found you.