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“Most passwords are important dates or places. Try your birthday.”
She shakes her head lightly. “He doesn’t even know my birthday, so it wouldn’t be that.”
She says it so nonchalantly, like it doesn’t bother her, but I know better. He may not be her dad, but he’s raised her for her entire life for a reason. She holds some sort of importance to him, but I’m not sure what.
“Maybe…” I trail off, not sure how to say the words I want without them coming out wrong. “Maybe try the day your mother died.”
She looks at me like I’m stupid. “Again, my birthday.”
“No. If Ghost did it like he said, I’m assuming it was after, considering you’re still here.”
She starts to type the numbers, but I stop her. “No, type out the month.”
She nods and deletes everything, then starts again. Once it’s inputted, her finger hovers over the Enter button. “I’m scared,” she whispers.
I step closer and lay my gun on the desk. “There is nothing to be scared of. You know the worst of it, right?”
She looks up at me, her lip starting to wobble. “I don’t know. What if there is more? What if he’s hiding more secrets?”
I want to reassure her and tell her that isn’t the case, but I can’t. Knowing he hid something this big for so long, there is probably more.
I try to think of something to say, something to ease her mind, even if it’s small, but my phone rings, breaking my concentration. When I pull it from my pocket, it’s a number I don’t recognize, but the area code is Bexley Falls. I flip it to Carmen. “Bradley?”
She looks at the number, then nods. “Maybe he’s found something already.”
“Maybe.” I slide the answer bar, then bring it to my ear. “Hello?”
