"I knew it!" James hissed.

Bill looked shocked. "I…I had no idea…"

I snatched the letter from the metal box and carefully unsealed it. This time the envelope was thick, unlike the one that I had received months before. It obviously contained more than one card.

There were two sheets of paper covered front to back in the neat typeset that I recognized from my letter. At the top was today's date. My hands began to shake, and I cleared my throat and began to ...