shouldn’t have let you smoke. You’re not used to it.” “Listen to me,” Kirby shouts. “He gave this to me. The fucker who tried to kill me.” “I don’t know what you’re saying!” Rachel shrieks back, confused and upset. “How old was I in that photo?” “Seven? Eight?” Kirby checks the date on the card: 1976. She was nine. But younger when he gave it to her. “Your math is terrible, Mom.” She can’t believe she hasn’t thought about it in all these years. She turns the horse over. There are stamps under each of its hooves in all-caps. MADE IN. HONG KONG. PAT PENDING. HASBRO 1982.
