Chapter 31
There it was. After all the dead ends, Riley could barely believe what she was holding. At the top of the handwritten receipt was the name and address of the store: Madeline’s Fashions in Shellysford, Virginia.
Riley was stumped. It didn’t sound like a doll or toy store.
On her cell phone she found the website for Madeline’s Fashions. It was, oddly, a women’s clothing shop.
But she looked closer and saw that they also dealt in collectible dolls. They could only be viewed by appointment.
A chill ran up Riley’s spine.
This has got to be the place, she thought.
She picked up the diary and with shaking hands, flipped through the pages to find the entry for the date on the receipt. There it was:
Just bought the perfect little doll for Debbie. Her birthday’s not for a month, b
