Chapter 13: The Backpack
Eli's backpack broke on a Thursday.
Not dramatically. One strap tore as he climbed out of Mara's car, spilling homework, library books, a half-eaten granola bar, and three rocks he insisted were "specimens" onto the school curb.
Eli went red.
Two boys laughed.
Caleb, who had come along because ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Comments Only I Could See
2. Chapter 2: The Man Who Wasn't Dead
3. Chapter 3: Nurse Perfect
4. Chapter 4: The Woman Everyone Believed
5. Chapter 5: The Empty Room
6. Chapter 6: Two Lies
7. Chapter 7: The Man Outside the Door
8. Chapter 8: Money That Never Reached Us
9. Chapter 9: Denise Says Too Much
10. Chapter 10: The File Vanessa Opened
11. Chapter 11: Family Day
12. Chapter 12: First Names
13. Chapter 13: The Backpack
14. Chapter 14: Dad
15. Chapter 15: Always
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