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At a café in Yorkville, Sophie and Helen are having lunch. It is a brisk Saturday and they left their babies at home with their husbands. Helen is buying lunch to thank Sophie for getting Paul to come to Allan’s defence at the police station.
Helen says, “There is nothing. The police have found nothing. No evidence. Only her math textbook and a drugged-out boyfriend. I’m starting to think I imagined her. Was there really a girl named Lindsay who babysat for us? I can’t believe I hired a girl who dated someone on drugs.”
“Uh-huh,” Sophie says, her mouth stuffed with chèvre and roasted apple panini.
“But then I see her parents on the news and I know it was all real.” Helen sits back in her chair. She picks at the crust on her panini and rolls it into balls. She’s lost her appetite l
