Ada was in the laundry room, since there wasn't anything for her to wear in the next couple days. She was thankful he let her move in because it was so lonely in the house with George before his murder. Ada did remember Perry saying something about thinking he saw somebody in the courtroom who could have worked with George, but he wasn't so sure who it was.

She didn't know much about George's cases, but only heard what he told her, which was good enough, but let Perry figure this one out for himself and he can go from there.

He joined his mother in the laundry room.

"Laundry time, huh?"

"Yes, Perry. Are you sure you want to work on a longshot case? Your father got into some dangerous cases back then, but just warning you again they are old. Have you heard anything about the other people he worked with before quitting to take care of you?"

"No. Della's setting up a lunch date with Adam Smith sometime this week. She even is working on rescheduling that appointment with her friend that we saw."

"The counselor?" Ada asked, remembering Patti.

"Yes. The doctor thinks it's a good recommendation in order for me to get out of a long way to recovery. The judge thought recommendations were good, but did say he was right behind us."

"That was nice of him. What judge was that?"

"He was the one in the courtroom with us in the car accident case."

"Perry, things are crazy these days. You have to be careful if you're going to work on one of George's cases and get it done for him. I'm sure he would've appreciated it, but might not remember some of the names in the files he kept when he was alive," Ada told her son.

"I think I asked this before, but do you remember any cases that Dad had that involved children? I think it could be connected with my car accident case."

"Perry, you're smart to figure this out for yourself, but are you sure that you want to stay in contact with the foster parents of the child left behind when the parents are back home?"

"Yes, I do want to keep in touch. Just in case they come back for their second child, this is why I plan to do this. I just doubt they would come back to look for the child. This is why I asked you to go through his files and see if there were children mentioned. I was asked a very confusing question in court."

"What question was that?" Ada asked, putting soap in the washer.

"If I remember seeing anybody in traffic that had children with them. I said I'll have to get back on that."

"I would have never thought of that question myself, Perry, but a good one. Well, did you?"

"I'm still trying to remember, but the vacation time people were the only ones I noticed before passing out. All I can remember is one of the children in the backseat was a girl. I had to give the foster parents the name of the child because they didn't know. Foster mother told me recently the child is frightened and hasn't stopped crying since they took her in. They've been doing this for almost ten years and haven't seen anything like this before."

"I still don't see how it's connected with George. Maybe the foster parents could have been involved too?" Ada asked, taking a guess.

"I don't think so. I told her to pass this to her husband to call if he has anything for me. She said that she would."

"What are their names? Maybe I could try looking through George's case files again and see if they're connected to him," Ada said.

"You're welcome to do that, but I'll send Della to your house and help look it up. Their names are Barry and Bella Patterson. I don't think they've been around the time when Dad started this job after law school."

"How old are they? They could be connected like you said, but I will need to remember it for myself if they are familiar to me," Ada told Perry.

"I'm not sure how old they are, but my guess could be late thirties or early forties, but have a couple children of their own, but thought taking in more children is a mission of theirs. They're religious people," Perry replied, remembering the first meeting they had and mentioned it.

"That means they're missionary then."

"Yes. We've had a couple meetings in person when I found out about the second child the Johnsons left behind."

"You sound like this could be a longshot to see if they're coming back and pick up their child," Ada said.

"The police are taking care of that, not Paul. He's already had a dinner appointment with one of the private investigators Dad had in one of his earlier cases, but keeping in touch with him too."

"Do you remember the names of the investigators are? Maybe they sound familiar to me or not."

"I talked with Adam Smith. That was when we were on the way to see Della's friend. Paul said the dinner appointment he had somebody under Ian or something like that. I'll have to go through all of his case files myself and see if there are more names. We haven't heard back from some of them yet when we called in, do the names sound familiar to you now?" Perry asked his mother.

"No. I'll have to keep thinking."

"Thank you. I appreciate it."

"Anytime, Perry. I'll look again in those case files from the file cabinet your father kept and see if there's anything you missed out on. I doubt you'll have a court date with this case since it's a longshot and old one."

"The police department said some of the names in the files you found aren't alive anymore and the retail store manager is retired, but said to Paul that she wasn't surprised that George's son is taking over that case. Maybe I'll have him reach out to her again and ask if there were any children involved with that case."

"If there were children, Perry, they might be adults by now," Ada pointed out.

"Thanks for the reminder. I'll have to keep thinking about that when I missed out on in the accident I had when Hamilton asked me about children in traffic with other cars. That's something I can do. I bet you I can get a court date with these people who are alive and might remember Dad."

"That's a good question, but would you remember what cars were there?"

"Only one I recognized and remembered was a brown truck that the Johnsons saw and mentioned it in court. Their lawyer asked me the same question too."

"Is he still around?"

"Somebody took over his office since he went to jail with my doctor."

"Good thing they got what was needed for them."

"Yes."

"I'll go home again later and see what I can find in those files. Sorry you still can't drive yet, Perry."

"I know, but we'll find out in a few weeks from now and Dr. Charles will make up his mind by then," Perry told his mother.

"Is that your doctor's name? I thought it was that Webber guy who the original doctor was," Ada replied.

"No. He was the only doctor who first heard that I passed out until security took him and Mr. Hutchinson away."

"Who is Hutchinson? I never heard that name."

"He was the Johnsons' lawyer, but they did ask me when I already had Hamilton. They're the ones who left the child behind."

"Why would somebody leave a child behind if you were back home from vacation? That doesn't make sense, Perry."

"I know, but I still think they won't be back for that child like I said before, Mom. If you want, I can go with you go through the files unless I send Della to help you instead."

"I'm okay doing it myself, but you can send her if you want to."

"I can do it too, but I should stay here for a while. Maybe Paul might show up or I get a call from one of the private investigators we've been waiting for."

"Why would you give them your home number, Perry? I would never do that. Did you give it to them?"

"Of course not. Office is easiest. I'll have to check in with Paul and Della to let them know what I came up with, but I just tell her to show up and help you out."

Ada turned the light off in the laundry room.

"I'll go there now and I can call you when I am coming back here. I still think it's not safe to live there anymore. Talking to myself is all I can do there, Perry."

"We're working on it, Mom. Trust me."

Ada grabbed her car keys before she left, she said, "Don't bother with the laundry, Perry. I'll take care of it when I come back."

"All right, Mom. See you soon."