Blue Ceramic Bottle on the Kitchen Counter Changed Her Family Forever

cover. Inside was a lined notebook page covered in Clara’s neat, tiny handwriting. It was a chronological list of dates, times, and durations.

“I do not understand,” Marcus said.

“That is every time Zhou left her loom during the morning shift for the last three weeks,” Clara said, her voice dropping to a whisper. “She goes to the supply closet every continue reading …