A plastic banner hanging above a stairway leading to a basement door read, “Appleday, Where Kids Can Play.” Each letter was colored differently, as if children with perfect handwriting had constructed the sign.He knocked, crossing his fingers that his GPS had led him to the correct place. Amazing, the number of daycares with apple in the title located in the NYC suburbs. AppleView, AppleSeed, AppleTree, Apple Montessori, Appleday. He’d called no fewer than eight places before getting a harried aide on the line that had remembered Sophia. The woman had referred him to her boss, a lady named Ms. Donna, who hadn’t bothered to return his message. Ryan figured showing up would prove more effective than playing phone tag.He would rather have been confronting Michael about the paternity of Ana’s unborn child than interviewing employees at Sophia’s old daycare, but he didn’t have a choice. Even if he did manage to reach Ana’s old boss in the Bahamas, Michael wasn’t likely to confirm that he’d been sleeping with his secretary while on vacation with the wife and kids.In the meantime, he would try to get a better handle on the Bacons’ finances by speaking with someone they’d needed to pay regularly, who could also confirm or deny Michael’s story that Ana had picked up Sophia often.
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