named Patricia, and he didn’t have any sisters.”
Adrian stared at her.
“Then who is Evelyn Keane?”
“I don’t know.”
—
By late morning, Adrian had found seven Evelyn Keanes in Massachusetts public records.
Three were too young.
Two had died decades earlier.
One lived in Springfield and had no apparent connection to Whitmore Infrastructure.
The seventh result was different.
Evelyn Margaret Keane.
Born 1955.
Former address: Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Employment history unavailable.
No current address listed after 2022.
Adrian searched the name alongside Whitmore.
Nothing.
Alongside Edmund Whitmore.
Nothing.
Then he searched the date from his grandfather’s letter.
August 18, 1988.
Whitmore.
Keane.
At first, nothing appeared.
Then he found an old newspaper archive.
A small regional business section.
The headline was unremarkable.
**WHITMORE CONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCES WATERFRONT LAND ACQUISITION**
Adrian opened it.
The acquisition had occurred on August 18, 1988.
His grandfather’s company had purchased forty-two acres of industrial land outside
