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t<strong>on</strong>s of pictures and videos, and her journal, which she’d kept since before Ali disappeared, but without<br />

a<br />

functi<strong>on</strong>al computer, she couldn’t look through her dad’s files for evidence.<br />

A door slammed downstairs. Her father spoke in a muffled voice, then her mother. Spencer looked up,<br />

her<br />

stomach burbling. She hadn’t really spoken to them since they’d all returned from Nana’s funeral. She<br />

glanced at her computer again, then stood and walked downstairs.<br />

The air smelled like the baked brie her parents always bought at the Fresh Fields deli counter, and the<br />

family’s<br />

two labradoodles, Rufus and Beatrice, were lazing <strong>on</strong> the big round rug by the breakfast nook.<br />

Spencer’s sister, Melissa, was in the kitchen, too, scuttling around, piling the design magazines and<br />

books<br />

she’d scattered around the room into a paper shopping bag. Spencer’s mom was rifling through the<br />

drawer<br />

that held all the ph<strong>on</strong>e books and numbers for the various people who helped around the house—<br />

landscapers,<br />

driveway sealers, electricians. Mr. Hastings was pacing from the kitchen to the dining room, his cell<br />

ph<strong>on</strong>e to his ear.<br />

“Uh, my computer has a virus,” Spencer said.<br />

Her dad stopped pacing. Melissa looked up. Her mother jumped and whirled around. The corners of her<br />

mouth turned down. She turned back to the drawer.<br />

“Mom?” Spencer tried again. “My computer. It’s…dead.”<br />

Mrs. Hastings didn’t turn. “And?”<br />

Spencer ran her fingers al<strong>on</strong>g the slightly wilted floral arrangement <strong>on</strong> the island until she realized<br />

where<br />

she’d seen the flowers last—<strong>on</strong> Nana’s casket. She pulled her hand away fast. “Well, I need it to do my<br />

homework. Can I call Geek Squad?”<br />

Her mother turned and examined Spencer for a few l<strong>on</strong>g beats. When Spencer gazed back helplessly,<br />

Mrs.

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