Chương 24: Chapter 25: The Visit

Alice liberated an old purse from her meager store of personal possessions and slid the doll into it, followed by a printed sheet of the writing she made when her mother ran for coffee. In all the happenings of the day, Alice almost forgot her pending trip to see her grandmother, but after she sat down to attempt to do some homework, the sight of the file with the writing in it reminded her.

She descended the stairs with her two secrets tucked into the cracking vinyl, knowing Betty's old cast-off purse had seen better days, but thinking her backpack would be too bulky to bring with her. Alice paused at the bottom, clutching the strap. What would happen when she set the doll in Grace's hands? Or asked her to read the words written on the page?

Betty let out a little shriek as she rushed from her office and almost ran right into Alice. She took in the purse before a frown creased her forehead. "Where are you going?"