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.“Sorry,” Fred said.“I remember Barbara from several parties, although we weren’t in any classes together.And I’m pretty certain I can remember seeing you around campus too, although I’m not so sure.”Samantha smiled.“I’m sorry that I don’t remember you.”She really didn’t feel like idle chatter.“Barbara, thanks so much for taking care of Julie,” she said.“You’re a life-saver!”“She was great,” Barbara said.“You can come anytime you want, Julie.”“ ‘Bye, Barbara!”Samantha led Julie down the stairs and out of the house.In the truck, Julie tugged at her sleeve and asked:“Is something wrong, Samantha?”“Nothing, honey,” Samantha said.“I’m just tired.”“We don’t have to go out to dinner,” Julie said.“I don’t mind.”“I don’t feel like cooking,” Samantha said.But she really wasn’t in the mood to face a crowded restaurant either.“Why don’t we hit the drive-in at Pancho Pedro’s? We could bring stuff home.”“All right,” Julie said.“What would you like?”Julie shrugged.“I don’t know.What do they have?”Samantha started up the car and drove down the road, reciting the quasi-Mexican menu of Pancho Pedro’s fast-food restaurant.“I’ve heard of tacos,” Julie said.“I think I know what a tostada is.But what’s a burrito?”Samantha laughed.“You’re kidding.”“No, I’m not,” Julie said.“I don’t know what a burrito is.”It was such a mundane food product around this area that Samantha wondered if she’d stumbled upon another clue in Julie’s mystery.Had she led an extremely sheltered life?“Well, let me think,” Samantha said.“You start with a soft flour tortilla, then you add meat and beans and.”By the time she finished describing the food, Julie was rubbing her stomach.“It sounds yummy,” she said.“I’ll try one of those.”A few moments on Interstate 25 took them to a row of fast-food places.They passed Burger King, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s before finally pulling into the parking lot of a bright orange-and-green sombrero-shaped building.Samantha wondered why all fast-food places were orange.She maneuvered the Bronco up to the speaker, gave her order, then drove to the window.A few minutes later she drove out again with their dinner.“Hand me one of those onion rings,” she said to Julie.“Can I have one too?” Julie asked.“Sure.”“Ow! They’re hot!”The onion rings burned Samantha’s tongue, but still the entire bag was finished by the time they reached Samantha’s house.She walked with Julie into the house, then said:“Let’s eat in front of the TV.I’ll set up the tray tables.”When Julie turned on the television, Alex Trebeck was introducing the guests of Jeopardy, There were a lawyer, a teacher, and a writer.The categories came up: Famous Faces, Starts with an E, Solar System, American History, and Potpourri.“I love to try to guess the questions to these answers,” Samantha said, unwrapping the taco salad she’d bought for herself.The lawyer chose the first answer, American History, for one hundred dollars.“Prior to the Revolutionary War,” Trebeck said, “British soldiers fired at a crowd and killed five people in this famous clash.”“The Boston Massacre,” Julie said.Samantha turned to look at her, but Julie was staring, mesmerized, at the television.The teacher buzzed in.“What is the Boston Massacre,” she said.“Good for you, Julie!” Samantha said.“You must like history.”“Maybe,” Julie said.More clues.Julie breezed through the American History category.The lawyer was up again.This time he chose Solar System.“Nothing moves faster than this.”“The.what is ‘the speed of light’?”Julie was shaking her head.Samantha laughed.“What’s wrong?”“That isn’t the right answer,” Julie said.“Of course it is,” Samantha said, a bit relieved to see Julie didn’t really know everything.“Nothing moves fester than light.”Julie didn’t say anything.They had gone on to the next answer.By the time the commercial came on, Julie had given the correct questions to almost all the answers.“Barbara’s right,” Samantha said.“You are amazing.I wonder if—”The phone rang just then.Samantha excused herself and went to answer it.Wil Sherer was on the other end.“I’ve been checking with Social Services about any orphanages in the area,” he said.“There are only a few in this state, and none of them list a man named Henley on their staff.Since you ‘came to’ in Durango, and it’s so close to Four Comers, I’ll check those nearby states.”Samantha was amazed
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