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The frown on her forehead deepened Her head flicked from side to side “In a cupboard, in here?”

In a place this size, hoould they ever find it?

But Phoebe ed to shake off the enormity of the task quickly Matteo had come all this way on New Year’s Eve to find a family heirloom The least she could do was be helpful “Any clues? Do you know any more about it?”

He hesitated “I know it’s red And it’s their wedding album”

“Whose wedding album?”

He sucked in a deep breath “My parents’”

“They lost their wedding album?” She didn’t mean for it to come out like that—as if she al so precious

She watched hi on the last time ere here My mother was—ill My father just recently died and my sister would really like to find the album”

There it was again That little feeling she so—but not everything Not that it was any of her business She had no right to pry and ask questions But she couldn’t pretend she wasn’t curious

She pushed herself up onto her knees,for a red wedding album somewhere in this house Do you have any idea at all where it ht be?”

He shook his head Phoebe put her hand on her chin and thought hard “Okay, so I’ve been in some of the cupboards in the bedrooms and bathrooms—and I’ve definitely been in every one of the kitchen cupboards, and each of the products, or dishcloths, but I haven’t found anything personal at all In fact—” she leaned a bit and looked around the roos that I’ve found But these didn’t belong to your family”

Matteo’s face fell a little “Maybe this is all a wild-goose chase”

She hated that She hated seeing hirabbed his hand “Get up Let’s think about this” Matteo stood next to her, as she started to walk around She smiled at him and followed his example from earlier “Let’s play hide and seek So, we don’t think it’s deliberately hidden somewhere?”