" What?" Ceci's face instantly turned ugly; she didn't believe it. "Impossible, Mom, the timing matches, and I have the memory too. How could it not be Mr. Helwart? You must have made a mistake."

"It was just a coincidence!" the person on the phone said, "When I heard they were looking for someone, I thought you were going to be set for life. But it turns out we were all wrong. The room number was wrong. The man that night wasn't Mr. Helwart, but a man... in his forties or fifties."

Ceci ...