‘I don’t understand,’ she said. ‘Where’d you get the evidence? This crime went unsolved, and involved so many kidnapping rings and duplicates, we never thought we’d get a DNA sample.’
‘I found it,’ she said. ‘Shopping. I was in the thrift store, and noticed the camera kept following me. I was looking at jewelry. I assumed it was on auto, and they RFID the highest priced items to be followed remotely. So I looked at the tag - $.99. A steal right? But something felt off. I went back home, and did a reverse image search on the bracelet. It was in a missing person’s photo - from Ghana.’
She leaned forward in her chair, watching the girl shift her feet. Then she continued, ‘Then I went online, and looked for upcycled items, recycled items. Everything from those extermination camps, upcycled to American housewives. Imagine that.’ Her face steadied again, this time on the girl’s face - the eyes darted slightly, looking for the exit.