Chapter 334

At the bottom of the box was a small pad about the size of a small notebook. At the top I saw one of those flat circles that we knew to be cameras. The contraption was light in weight and I just stared at it for a moment.

I laid my hand across the face of the pad and it lit up. The imprint of my palm stayed for a moment and then words flew across the screen.

Do you wish to gain information or to contact someone? the pad asked in English.

Writing with my finger I wrote the words ‘contact someone’.

Who do you wish to contact, Kennedy or Hannah?

Well, now was time for me to feel guilty. Choosing one child over the other felt wrong. I chose Kennedy since she’d been the one to arrange this.

Kennedy is available to talk, the pad said. Would you like to talk or send her a letter?

I wrote the word talk wondering what that meant.

Lines played across the front of the pad and then the screen seemed to blur. When