Chapter 12: The Secret in the Snowman

Rennie says yes before he's finished asking, and she's right — he did ask, finally. What she can't see is that she's the way in, not the reason. In the kitchen, the small cold thing on her backpack does the job nobody in that house talks about out loud, and does it well. Which one of them has the boy at the fence read correctly — the girl who calls him a friend, or her mother, who doesn't?
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