Sophie considered that.

“My teacher says sorry means fixing what you can.”

“She sounds wise.”

“She gives a lot of homework,” Sophie replied gravely.

“So maybe not about everything.”

For the first time that week, Vincent laughed without effort.

PART 8

The first real break came from a woman named Nora Ellis, a retired payroll clerk who answered Elena’s inquiry with a nervous voice and one condition: she would speak only through her attorney.