“We don’t know.

The vehicle was towed.

They couldn’t match the registration because the plate was unreadable on the first photograph and the crash report wasn’t finalized.”

Lena picked up a picture of the battered blue sedan.

Its hood was bent against a concrete post.

A shopping bag lay on the passenger floor.

The words RICE and CHICKEN were visible on a slip of paper sticking out of the bag.

She thought of the matching list on Teresa’s kitchen table.