Sebastian had never hidden a toy for my daughter in his life.

But the man wearing his face had walked to that shelf as if his own hand had put things there, because it had.

Chapter 13 — That’s Santiago’s Laugh

I needed someone who had known Sebastian, the real Sebastian, in a way that had nothing to do with me, so I found Courtney.

She had been Sebastian’s girlfriend in college, years before I ever entered the family, and she still lived nearby, and when I called her and told her only that I needed her help with something strange, she agreed to meet me.

I asked her to do something that felt half insane even as I arranged it.