“Mommy told me not to come with her.” My chest tightened.

Genevieve was supposed to be at her own apartment in the city, resting.

Sarah — my sister — lived clear across town.

None of it fit together.

“Did Mommy tell you anything else, buddy?” Nolan looked at Vivienne again, and his whole small body shook, and then he reached into the pocket of his too-big suit jacket and drew out a tiny black flash drive, its corner scratched and worn.

He held it up to me in his small hand.