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Jacqui couldn’t look at him She tried not to let him see her cry, but he came to her anyway and wrapped his arms around her

“I promise, Jacqui We’ll spend as much time here as you want, and I won’t stop until you know everything you need to about your family”

She nodded into his chest “Thank you”

He pulled back and wiped the tears off her cheeks

“Ready to go on?”

“Yes I don’t think there’s anything down here”

“Then upstairs it is,” he said confidently

They climbed the stairs to the second level of the house Jacqui sawstood out until Khizar waved at her from the doorway of the bedroom on the east side of the house

Inside, above a pretty three-drawer dresser, was a large painting of a rose

“That has got to be it,” Jacqui breathed, hardly able to believe it

Khizar carefully felt around the painting’s fraently set the painting down, off to the side, out of the way

A s discs lined up in the middle of panel and a small handle next to the discs

“It’s a safe,” Khizar said, running his fingers along the edge of the safe’s door

“So, we need a coht?”

Khizar nodded “Four numbers”

“Okay What four numbers should we try?”

Khizar studied the safe for another minute

“Usually, people use nus like that This kind of safe, it doesn’t matter how many combinations we try It won’t lock us out after a certain number”

“Well, that’s good, at least Do you know Bill’s birthday?”

“I know the date, but not the year”

“Try it and see”

Khizar put in four numbers for the month and day of Bill Bauer’s birthday Then, he tried it reverse, just to be sure The safe didn’t open