Kimberly typed back: Yes, I can be there at 9 AM. Thank you.

She set her phone down and returned to her research, but her mind kept drifting. Tomorrow she'd talk to the police. Give her statement about the kidnapping. Try to explain what had happened without revealing everything she'd learned.

And then what? Keep digging? Confront Xavier about the documents? Try to protect her mother from a past that was already catching up to her?

"Hey." Tasha's voice cut through her spiraling thoughts. ...