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“Matty finally started talking to me a few days after I took him He told me his name was Matthew, but he didn’t know his last na he’d remember them eventually, but if I even asked him about the day he showed up atto the police, but I was afraid they’d arrest ,” Tate explained

I nodded in understanding because uess was that was exactly ould have happened “What happened after that?”

“I uy who landscaped yards It wasn’t an actual co, just his personal business, so he letuntil I found hi for an apartment, but since I needed money for the security deposit and first s account They didn’t have any of my bank’s branches in the Dallas area so I opened a new account and submitted a request to transfer the money It…it never occurred to me…” Tate said quietly before his voice dropped off completely

“What?”

“Matty and I were on our way back to our motel and I saw them”

“Buck and Denny?” I asked solemnly

Tate nodded “They were standing outside our roo to aa change of clothes for Matty and myself back and forth to work and Matty never went anywhere without his doll and his teddy bear so that was all we had”

“You think so told Buck where you were?”

“I don’t have proof, but I think it was ie He was a teller at that bank”

“Did you get the money at least?”

Tate shook his head “I was too afraid that they’d be able to track me, even if I just checked to see if the et me and Matty to El Paso, but we only stayed there for a feeeks…long enough for ain Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City…once we reached San Francisco, I knew I had to take a chance and settle down long enough for Matty to have some normalcy in his life”