In early November, Marlowe found out she was pregnant.

Her morning sickness was so severe she sometimes had to sit down on the cold sidewalk on the way to the bus.

At a free community clinic, a nurse gave her a card for a local women’s support network — and there she met Everett Radcliffe, a retired legal advisor who gave free help to working women caught in financial abuse and domestic hardship.

One rainy afternoon, seeing her nearly collapse from exhaustion, Everett offered to drive her home.

Chapter 5 — The Photograph

Junia happened to be watching from a storefront across the street.