"I found a picture in my mother's room, on her nightstand; an old picture of the Emory house. At the time it kind of freaked me out, and I meant to ask Mom about it. She was never in a good enough mood and I totally forgot about it until now."

"Oh, no." Mrs. Stephens closes her eyes for a second then focuses directly at me. "He must have put it there-somehow."

"What? How?" I ask, tilting my head.

"I don't know what the picture symbolizes, but Atticus is ...