Twelve Months Later, Ethan Came Back With a Sleeping Newborn and a Broken Suitcase

The amount was the same.

The top statement showed a balance of forty-six thousand two hundred twelve dollars and forty-three cents.

A deposit slip was dated May second.

Oakmont Holdings, care of P.O.

Box 114, Fairview, for deposit only.

One line on the statement read Transfer from account 0347, college fund.

Only one account in our house ended in 0347.

Under the slips, taped to the inside of the folder, was a small brass key.