(Noah) Dad's words stayed with me after he finished speaking. The notebook sat open on the table between us while I looked at the date again. A missing report didn't seem like much on its own. Combined with everything else, it felt a lot more important. "You never asked him about it again?" I said. "I did," Dad replied. "He told me he'd bring it by later." He looked down at the notebook. "Then he left and I never saw it." I glanced at the documents spread across the table. Every answer we found seemed to come with three more questions attached to it. Elliot had been connected to Whitmore for years. Now we knew he'd also left behind something he should have finished. Mace picked up his beer and took a drink. He looked down at the notebook before turning his attention back to Dad. There

