After nine o'clock, there were fewer people in the shop, and the miners had gradually started heading home for the Lunar New Year. It wasn't as busy as before, so her mother could manage the shop alone, and Grace Ziegler went home to rest.
It wasn't yet ten o'clock, and the sunshine was brilliant, perfect for airing out quilts.
Grace figured that a thorough cleaning was required before the New Year anyway. Her mother shouldn't have to do it all, so Grace decided to share the burden.
Grace took a quilt outside to air, then came back to tidy up the mattress.
Suddenly, a photograph fell out.
Grace didn't think much of it and picked up the photo as if nothing had happened, intending to shove it back under the mattress.
However, the moment she glanced at the picture, Grace froze.
The young man in the photo was certainly her father, but the woman holding the baby girl wasn't her mother.
Did her father have an affair?
Did he have other children?
