James called back in twenty two minutes, which meant what he had found was significant enough to move faster than promised.
“Ruth Calloway, née Bennett,” James said. “Sixty one years old, registered address in Portland, Oregon. She is Arthur Bennett’s younger sister’s daughter.”
Claire sat down on the installation space floor.
“My grandfather’s niece,” she said.
“First cousin to your father,” James said. “There is a family record, a birth certificate from 1963 listing her parents as George and Helen Bennett. George Bennett was Arthur’s younger brother.”
“My father has never mentioned a cousin,” Claire said.
“I know,” James said. “I checked your father’s family documentation that we have on file from the remediation fund process. There is no mention of a George Bennett or any of his d
