“If someone thought Marjory Klein had contributed to his or her child's death by starvation, they might just stuff a bunch of food down her throat until she choked on it." “I thought an allergy killed her." “Her own food peculiarities must have been known. Or the killer mixed some poison in. We won't know the cause of death unless your mother shares it with us, and I can't see why she would. You'd think this suit was still ongoing, or she wouldn't have brought it along. But look at the date." “N...ineteen ninety-one. I wasn't born yet." “This doesn't make sense." Temple ran her thin line of light over endless legal phrases, then paged back to the beginning. "The dead girl's name has got to be in here somewhere. Maybe it'll mean something.” Mariah hung over her shoulder, reading along with her. "There!" “Where?" “Two lines below where you're reading. 'Chastity Cummings.' Man, I'd like to die if my first name was Chastity! That's worse than Mariah. I mean, think what the other kids would say the minute you got out of kindergarten." “Kids are teasing kids over words like 'chastity' in the early grades?" “In Catholic schools they are.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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