Gould asked as he sat behind his desk, making notes in his ledger. "With the anniversary coming up, it would be natural for you to have your niece's disappearance on your mind." Charlotte paused, wondering what to say. She thought about Sophie at least half a dozen times every day, so it was hard to know whether she was giving the girl more consideration than usual. "Maybe," she said eventually, feeling hopelessly out of her depth. It was as if these sessions with Dr. Gould always reminded her how little control she had over her own mind. "Maybe's not an answer," he replied. "Let me try to put the question to you in another way. Are you frustrated by our lack of progress?" She nodded. "Do you think that this is your failing? Or maybe mine?" "I guess you know what you're doing," Charlotte replied. "And yet whenever we try to trace a route back into your childhood," he continued, "we reach a brick wall." "Not a brick wall," she pointed out.
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