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"So what made you look me up now?" Patty asked

While Zoe reached for the keys in her purse, Ryan pulled the old paperwork out of his pocket "All this," he said "We're hoping that somehow you were called before they dumped the contents of Faith's locker"

As Patty looked at the paper, her hands shook "I was And I picked up a stack of papers froo"

Hope flared in Ryan's chest "What did you do with theht maybe Faith would colassy eyes "She didn't, of course"

"I'one by now?" Zoe asked

"Actually…"

Patty stood and started walking, so Ryan rose and followed, Zoe behind him

"I'm a pack rat," Patty explained as she headed into the hallway and paused at a closed door "We've s in boxes I never could bringand since those items were my only link to Faith, I held on to them I can't promise you that the papers are there, but if you don'taround in the baseht

Ryan glanced at Zoe in her pink skirt and white halter top and asked, "Are you up for another dusty recovery alimmer of hope and exciteoal He hoped in time they'd share lad she'd be with hiht ahead," Patty told them

He clasped her hand "I can't tell you how much I appreciate this"

She waved away his words "I wish I could have done o there," Ryan warned her "I've learned it does no good You were Faith's friend The best kind of friend Nobody could have asked any more of you"

Patty nodded "Thanks, Ryan You two stay as long as you need to"

"We appreciate that," Zoe said

He led the way, helping Zoe down the long stairs in her heels and together they began to search through the large, unfinished baseh the unmarked, unlabeled boxes

"Patty's not only a pack rat, she's an unorganized one," Zoe said, wiping her dirty hands against her light-colored skirt "The bus depot was a breeze compared to this"

As he took in the dirt es on her cheeks, she sneezed with gusto "You're being a great sport"

She shrugged "It's no big deal I want to help you find whatever your sister left behind Besides, the alternative is hanging out at the house with Granderated shudder "And I don't think she likes me very much"

Ryan shook his head He needed to dispel that notion iht his mother would take to Zoe, her turnaround where Faith and Saave him hope that she'd soften her ideas about what kind of woe material for a Baldwin