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"At least that's a start Noe just have to pray these boxes are in so at one end, then walked to another section, then another

He wanted to help her But now he had so to say first "Zoe?"

She peeked her head up above one of the boxes "Yeah?"

He rinned and got back to work

It felt like ages before they'd narrowed things down enough to start digging through a select group of filing cartons Even so, it took hours to sort through the individual boxes and papers

Theabout thefro dust that flew around each ti that hadn't been disturbed in years

"Oh ," Ryan suddenly said, clearly stunned

Zoe left her box and scra an old, yellowed paper "What is it?"

"The card Faith filled out when she rented the box It's dated March 15, 1988"

"Let rasp She scanned the faded page and faint handwriting There were the basic questions, but the answers didn'tto Zoe "This isn't your parents' current address"

"You're right It belongs to a good friend of Faith's Patty Wheaton was one of Faith's best friends She was a couple of years older than Faith Of course my parents disapproved of their friendship because Patty was a little fast, wore too much makeup and liked to have fun aze "I' for Faith"

"She was one of the few peoplePatty said she hadn't heard froain, but she insisted Faith hadn't been in contact with her since she'd run away"

Zoe sighed, hearing the defeat in his voice

He glanced at the card again "This isn't my parents' phone number either"

"It's probably Patty's Is it possible she still lives in the same place?" Zoe asked

Ryan shook his head "Doubtful But her mother would knohere she is and her parents are still local"

"It's worth a shot We can talk to her again See if anything from the locker ended up with her"

"Who'd keep old stuff froe in his tone spoke of his frustration

Zoe slapped her hand on his knee "I won't let you sound defeated before we know anything for sure" She rose and stood over hihs She felt his body heat penetrating between her legs and liquid desire pulsing through her But her own feelings weren't what counted now

Ryan's eether in a painful way, and she wanted to be there for hih it For a woh life in a vacuum that only included her family, this sudden, deep need to care for another person took her off guard Yet it was her feelings for Ryan that guided her every ht now