Tessa did not return to the Point the next day. She didn’t have to jump when Riggs said to. She didn’t have to ask him how high. She spent the morning at the library tucked around the corner from the supermarket, trying to find birth records for Riggs Friedman. Richard Friedman. Anyone. She couldn’t find them. She found the woman named Betty Friedman who’d been married to Dennis Martin for a brief stint, as well as to Tessa’s grandfather, Earl Clarke. Tessa frowned as she went back to the beginning and tried again. The genealogy website she was using allowed her to click on individuals and see more information. Instead of glossing past Betty, she clicked on her. A whole new world opened up. Someone had kept up with their family history, because Betty’s profile had pictures, documents,

