of Orbeez. Mrs. Lewis from the community center explained that after Mason disappeared, children had left gifts at a memorial table. Volunteers preserved everything, hoping someday we could have it.
Then I found the letters.
One child thanked Mason for sharing his crayons. Another remembered that he called freckles “tiny stars.” A firefighter wrote that Mason had helped distribute water bottles during the festival and made everyone laugh. Each memory showed us something we had almost forgotten: Mason had been more than the boy who disappeared.
Then they showed me
