Alice liberated an old purse from her meager store of personal possessions and slid the doll into it, followed by a printed sheet of the writing she made when her mother ran for coffee. In all the happenings of the day, Alice almost forgot her pending trip to see her grandmother, but after she sat down to attempt to do some homework, the sight of the file with the writing in it reminded her. She descended the stairs with her two secrets tucked into the cracking vinyl, knowing ...