Sandra arrived before sunrise.<\/p>\n
She stood outside the house with a folder pressed against her chest.<\/p>\n
Daniel opened the door.<\/p>\n
She looked past him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs Nathan here?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep him upstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel's face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone came to the hospital last night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don't know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw his car.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he want?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo find me.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt the familiar coldness return.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I requested your daughter's archived records.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stepped aside.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome in.\u201d<\/p>\n
We sat around the kitchen table.<\/p>\n
Sandra opened the folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what remains of \u00c9milie's file.\u201d<\/p>\n
She placed several pages in front of me.<\/p>\n
The records were incomplete.<\/p>\n
There were missing timestamps.<\/p>\n
A medication entry had been crossed out.<\/p>\n
One physician's signature appeared on a page that had no corresponding examination.<\/p>\n
Daniel leaned closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn't normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was removed?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra took a breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer blood work.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho ordered the removal?\u201d<\/p>\n
She pointed to a signature.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Alan Mercer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father's physician.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Sandra.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said he was in the delivery room.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe came in after \u00c9milie's condition changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was stable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow stable?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExhausted, frightened, but stable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHer blood pressure dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe couldn't determine it immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
I remembered the doctor's face ten years earlier.<\/p>\n
The words he had used.<\/p>\n
We did everything we could.<\/p>\n
I had believed him.<\/p>\n
Sandra continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cMercer ordered everyone out of the room.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExcept one nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were there when she died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra's fingers tightened around the folder.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u00c9milie asked for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said she wanted her mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you tell her I was outside?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe asked whether Daniel knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked down.<\/p>\n
Sandra continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her I didn't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe cried.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel covered his mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe said she couldn't let him come back until it was safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
Daniel was crying silently.<\/p>\n
Sandra reached for another page.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was also this.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a handwritten note.<\/p>\n
\u00c9milie's handwriting.<\/p>\n
Tell Mom Nathan is safe.<\/p>\n
Do not let them take him.<\/p>\n
My hands shook.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are they?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe never said.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what did Mercer do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe asked where the baby would go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel's head lifted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted to know whether you were taking Nathan home.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would he care?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel's voice became hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father knew about the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Mercer was working for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen they knew Nathan survived.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour father knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
I looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew my grandson was alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why didn't he take him?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he was waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do.\u201d<\/p>\n
We looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father was waiting to find out whether I was really Nathan's biological father.\u201d<\/p>\n
The thought was unbearable.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're his father.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he questioned it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe questioned everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere's something else.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMercer took a sample.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom \u00c9milie?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I found a storage reference in the old hospital system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel leaned toward her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhitmore Medical's private archive.\u201d<\/p>\n
He froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe same facility my father used?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked between them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we go there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra shook her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause someone accessed it yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel went still.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did they take?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said someone came looking for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw a man leaving the archive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDescribe him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTall. Gray hair. Dark coat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel's face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father's attorney.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas Vale?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra nodded.<\/p>\n
I stared at Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would he be there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
The front door opened upstairs.<\/p>\n
Nathan came down.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you all talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone stopped.<\/p>\n
He looked at Sandra.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is she?\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is Sandra.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nurse?\u201d<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
He looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew my mom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid she talk about me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra's eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan moved closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat she wanted you safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cSafe from what?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody answered.<\/p>\n
Nathan's voice sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandma.\u201d<\/p>\n
I knelt in front of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother was frightened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf my dad?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen who?\u201d<\/p>\n
I couldn't lie.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don't know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked toward Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm trying to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan studied him.<\/p>\n
Then he asked, \u201cAre you staying?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel answered immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he walked back upstairs.<\/p>\n
Daniel watched him go.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe trusts me more than I deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe doesn't trust you yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI've already put you in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were trying to help my daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen stay.\u201d<\/p>\n
She hesitated.<\/p>\n
Finally she sat again.<\/p>\n
Daniel opened his father's folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is one more thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pulled out a financial statement.<\/p>\n
A payment had been made the morning after \u00c9milie's death.<\/p>\n
Two hundred fifty thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
Recipient:<\/p>\n
A. Mercer Medical Consulting.<\/p>\n
Sandra's face changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would my father pay him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at the statement.<\/p>\n
Then another document fell from the folder.<\/p>\n
A property transfer.<\/p>\n
The address was in Vermont.<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at Sandra.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is this?\u201d<\/p>\n
She read it.<\/p>\n
Her face drained of color.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat's Mercer's old property.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOld?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho owned it before him?\u201d<\/p>\n
She hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cElaine Whitmore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen was it transferred?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe week after \u00c9milie died.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked sick.<\/p>\n
My heart began pounding.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did your mother have to do with \u00c9milie?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said she knew about the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe may have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel sat back.<\/p>\n
For several seconds, he didn't speak.<\/p>\n
Then his phone rang.<\/p>\n
Thomas Vale.<\/p>\n
Daniel answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas's voice came through.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to stop looking into the medical records.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you don't understand what you're uncovering.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen explain it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can't.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then Thomas said:<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard wasn't the only person protecting the family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel's eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho else?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas didn't answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI'll come to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Tell me now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can't do this over the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel ended the call.<\/p>\n
I looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do.\u201d<\/p>\n
We both looked at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour daughter met Elaine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel's face went rigid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo days before she gave birth.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt as though the room had shifted.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandra looked at the Vermont property document.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think that house may contain the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked toward the stairs.<\/p>\n
\u201cNathan stays here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI agree.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe go to Vermont.\u201d<\/p>\n
I shook my head.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are not taking me anywhere until you tell me why my daughter met your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI promise I'll find out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo promises.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I'll find out.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stood.<\/p>\n
Before he reached the door, Nathan appeared again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're going to Vermont.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found something connected to your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I'm coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it's dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan's expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything about my family is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody answered.<\/p>\n
He stepped closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you're looking for answers about my mother, I should be there.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wanted to say no.<\/p>\n
But I remembered being eighteen and having adults decide what \u00c9milie was allowed to know.<\/p>\n
I remembered how many decisions had been made around her instead of with her.<\/p>\n
So I chose differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou stay with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
We left just after noon.<\/p>\n
Sandra stayed behind with a trusted neighbor.<\/p>\n
Thomas met us at the highway.<\/p>\n
He looked exhausted.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou shouldn't have come.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're the last person who gets to tell me where I should be.\u201d<\/p>\n
He accepted that.<\/p>\n
Daniel asked, \u201cWhat did you find?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas opened a folder.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard kept an inventory of private medical materials.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSamples?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs \u00c9milie's name there?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJonathan Hale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel went completely still.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cNathan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The car became silent.<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy son?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would Richard have his sample?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Thomas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen find out.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is another problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe archive was accessed last night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy whom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone using Daniel's credentials.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn't there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen someone copied them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid they take the samples?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don't know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan sat quietly in the back seat.<\/p>\n
Then he spoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe they wanted a DNA test.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone turned.<\/p>\n
He shrugged.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people don't know who belongs to who, DNA answers it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou're right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan looked out the window.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat doesn't mean I want strangers testing me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one will.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPromise?\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel hesitated.<\/p>\n
Then said, \u201cI'll make sure you know before anything happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan nodded.<\/p>\n
It was the best promise Daniel could make.<\/p>\n
Three hours later, we reached the Vermont property.<\/p>\n
The house stood beyond a line of tall pines.<\/p>\n
No lights.<\/p>\n
No cars.<\/p>\n
The gate was open.<\/p>\n
Thomas stopped the vehicle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn't right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe property was supposed to be secured.\u201d<\/p>\n
We got out.<\/p>\n
The front door stood slightly open.<\/p>\n
Daniel stepped forward.<\/p>\n
I caught his arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWait.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stopped.<\/p>\n
A faint sound came from inside.<\/p>\n
A child crying.<\/p>\n
Nathan went rigid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel's face drained of color.<\/p>\n
We rushed inside.<\/p>\n
The house was empty.<\/p>\n
The crying continued.<\/p>\n
Thomas followed the sound down a hallway.<\/p>\n
A small television was playing in an upstairs room.<\/p>\n
No child.<\/p>\n
Only an old recording.<\/p>\n
Then the screen flickered.<\/p>\n
A video appeared.<\/p>\n
\u00c9milie.<\/p>\n
Alive.<\/p>\n
Pregnant.<\/p>\n
Sitting in a chair.<\/p>\n
My knees nearly gave out.<\/p>\n
Daniel stared at the screen.<\/p>\n
Nathan whispered, \u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00c9milie looked directly into the camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you're watching this, then something went wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her voice trembled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need Mom to know that I never wanted her to carry this alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
I covered my mouth.<\/p>\n
\u00c9milie continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel, if you ever see this, I need you to listen before you blame yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel stepped closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father believes we're connected by blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
\u00c9milie took a breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is wrong about some things.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n
Then at the screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he is right about one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00c9milie lowered her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something about our families that I never understood.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video ended.<\/p>\n
The screen went black.<\/p>\n
Nathan whispered:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody answered.<\/p>\n
Then Thomas found an envelope taped beneath the television.<\/p>\n
He pulled it free.<\/p>\n
There was one name written across it.<\/p>\n
MOM.<\/p>\n
I took it.<\/p>\n
My daughter's handwriting.<\/p>\n
Again.<\/p>\n
Inside was a single photograph.<\/p>\n
\u00c9milie standing outside the Vermont house.<\/p>\n
Beside her was Elaine Whitmore.<\/p>\n
And in Elaine's arms was a newborn baby.<\/p>\n
Two babies lay side by side in the photograph.<\/p>\n
One was Nathan.<\/p>\n
The other looked almost exactly like him.<\/p>\n
On the back, \u00c9milie had written:<\/p>\n
I COULD NOT SAVE BOTH OF THEM FROM THE WHITMORES.<\/p>\n
Nathan stared at the photograph.<\/p>\n
Daniel stopped breathing.<\/p>\n
Then, from somewhere behind us, a floorboard creaked.<\/p>\n
We turned.<\/p>\n
A door at the end of the hallway slowly opened.<\/p>\n
A boy stood there.<\/p>\n
Ten years old.<\/p>\n
Dark hair.<\/p>\n
Gray-blue eyes.<\/p>\n
The same small crease beneath his chin.<\/p>\n
Nathan whispered one word.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
The boy looked at Daniel.<\/p>\n
Then at me.<\/p>\n
And said,<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Ethan.\u201d<\/p>\n
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