When Paula finally got home, she realized that the house was eerily quiet. Barbie wasn't back yet, and Winter was spending the night at Yolanda's with her niece and nephew. Paula was alone.
After taking a long, hot shower to wash away the remnants of the day, Paula sat down at her desk and took out the flash drive she had retrieved earlier. She inserted it into her computer and began going through the files, her eyes misting with tears as she saw old photos of her mother—photos she hadn't seen in years.
The unknown person had told her that her mother had been working on a project before her untimely death. This was the information Paula had been searching for on the flash drive.
