A teen girl tried to steal a book from our store

I am the missing piece of a puzzle she never expected to solve.

“She used to wear that brooch all the time,” she says. “It was my mother’s. I gave it to her when she turned sixteen. She said it made her feel brave.”

I instinctively touch it, feeling its cool surface under my fingers, suddenly aware of its weight, not just physical but something deeper,continue reading …