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She lowered her gaze "What happened? Well, now let irl You know the way so kind of people"

"I understand, go on"

"Well, because of it, I couldn't get a visa to come to America I so wanted to come, but there was no way until I ran into Mathew Connelly I et me a visa and naturalization papers He said I'd never have to worry about a thing, not even the iht about that part; my papers have never been questioned"

"What did you have to do to get them?"

In the le red artificial rose sat on a paper placean to nervously toy with the corner of the placeain "Just take care of his baby for a while It turned out to be six years"

"How old was Georgia when you got her?"

"Just two days He said she was born August 14th"

Jackie got a small notepad out of her purse and jotted that down "Did he say anything about the baby's mother?"

"He said the mother died and the baby was too little to travel back to Ahter died when she was three and I was pleased to have a baby inShe hardly ever cried the way soive you money for her care?"

Adelaide emphatically nodded "It was cash at first, and then he sent checks"

"Do you reland I don't re is, he never called to see how she was or sent a letter - just the money I didn't mind, I would have kept her forever"

"Was there a return address on the envelope?"

"Just a post and put her hands in her lap

"From where?" Jackie asked

"All over the world"

"I see"

"There were three from Colorado, so I suspected that's where he lived"

"You told Mr Gladstone that you took Georgia to a girl's school"

"Yes, on her sixth birthday Out of the blue, Mr Connelly showed up at my door He handed me the visa and two tickets to London He said to take her to Mary Cathleen's Boarding School in England and leave her there"