The next morning, hindi kami agad pumunta kung saan-saan.This time, we planned first.Nasa dining table kami ni Nathaniel, surrounded by photocopies, old dates, and notes.I wrote three names on a clean sheet.St. Claire.September 18, 2006.Northbridge Academy.Then I drew a line between St. Claire and Northbridge.“Twenty-four hours,” sabi ko.Nathaniel looked at the paper.“Possibly less.”“Or more.”“Right.”Napatingin ako sa kaniya.“We don't actually know when he arrived at Northbridge.”“Only when he was formally registered.”I nodded.“So we're looking for the place in between.”“Exactly.”Hindi na kami nagdagdag ng theories.No assumptions.No guessing that someone had kidnapped Eli.No conclusion na may nagtago sa kaniya.We needed something we could prove.I opened my laptop.“Let's start with the medical records.”Nathaniel looked at me.“Why?”“Because if a child was transferred from one facility to another, there should have been some kind of medical documentation.”“Ma
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