Chapter 2
When they typed the initials into the computer, several names came up as registered. One name that caught Nancy's eye was the name Paula Rachael Dawner. She wasn't sure where she had heard it, but she knew that she had. No one else had recognized that name.
"Keep it just in case you think of where you heard it," Rory advised.
Jake tried to help, too. "Try to think of where you could have possibly heard that name."
Nancy repeated the name in her head. She thought of nothing.
Later that day Nancy called up Mrs. Parley and asked if they could visit her house to investigate.
"Ask her about the name!" Rory whispered in the background
"Oh yeah…Mrs. Parley?" Nancy asked.
"Yes..?" Mrs. Parley asked suspiciously.
"Have you ever heard the name Paula Rachael Dawner?"
A gasp at the other end of the phone was silent yet somehow still heard.
"Mrs. Parley?" Nancy asked again. "Have you?"
"Umm, no... I haven't…" Mrs. Parley replied.
There was a slight shake in her voice as if she had been frightened.
"Anyway, sure you can come over…how about 3 o'clock?"
"Sounds good to me! Thanks a lot Mrs. Parley!"
"Call me Kristina."
"See you soon Kristina."