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Rebecca and Sutter returned to the Najjar home that evening to see Gebran.
Rebecca would have preferred not to let anyone in the family know that she was trying to find the two cousins Shay had told her about, but since she was having no luck whatsoever locating them, she had no choice but to ask for help.
And then there was the issue of an autopsy.
After long moments of knocking, Salma opened the door, and frowned. “We are in mourning,” she said softly.
“We understand,” Rebecca said. “But we have questions.”
Salma led them up the stairs to the living room. The boy was playing a video game on the TV, and the daughter was nowhere to be seen. Gebran sent the boy to his room.
Rebecca and Sutter gave their condolences to Gebran over his mother’s death and refused any of the tea Salma
