My daughter vanished after a fishing trip with her father—one year later, what I discovered inside his tackle box made me go completely still.

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Denise handed me the wooden sign.

I held it out.

Sophie stared at the uneven letters.

“Mom’s Lake House.”

“You didn’t ruin anything,” I said. “You’re the best part of every surprise I ever got.”

“I ruined your surprise.”

Then she ran to me.

I caught her and held on.

“I looked for you every day,” I whispered.

“I asked for you,” she cried.

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