My sister called me at midnight and whispered, “Turn off every light. Go to the attic. Don’t tell your husband.” I thought she was losing her mind — until I looked through the floorboards….

“Lights are off,” he said.

Another man answered from inside my house.

“Then she knows.”

stood a stranger in a black raincoat.

The stranger handed Caleb a small case.

Caleb opened it, revealing three passports.

One had my husband’s photo.

One had my son’s.

The third had mine.

But none of them carried our names….
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I crouched in the attic, dust scratching my throat and fear pressing so tightly against my chest I could barely breathe.

Below me, Caleb set the passports on the hallway table.

The man in the raincoat said, “The Bureau moved faster than expected.”