Page 299 of Rangers Unexpected Return

She tapped the paper.

"We have her first name."

"The first two letters of her last name."

"And..."

She pointed to the emergency contact column.

A faded telephone area code.

907.

Everyone stared.

Trigger smiled first.

"Alaska."

Judy nodded.

"Eliza wasn't from Texas."

"She came from Alaska."

The entire room froze.

Sheriff Tate whispered,

"Then somebody brought her all the way from Alaska..."

"...all the way to Camp Eagle River."

Nobody spoke.

Because suddenly...

The mystery had become much bigger than Eagle River.

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JUDY

The room was so quiet I could hear the old clock ticking behind the circulation desk.

Everyone stared at the Cabin Nine file.

Eighteen years.

Eighteen years of dead ends.

And now...

Emily had finally pointed us in the right direction.

"We're close," I whispered.

Mace stepped beside me.