After retiring from thirty years of teaching, I decided to take a pottery retreat in Charleston,<\/p>\n
looking for something new to fill the quiet space in my life. On my third day there, while<\/p>\n
walking through the historic district, I met a young woman with a baby who asked to borrow my phone.<\/p>\n
She seemed anxious and quickly dialed a number, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s moving. One hour. You know where.\u201d<\/p>\n
The call seemed strange, but I didn\u2019t think much of it at the time. The next day, police arrived at my hotel room,<\/p>\n
asking about the phone call. They told me the woman, Eliza, was missing and had been involved in a sensitive investigation.<\/p>\n
My small interaction had turned into a key piece of evidence in a case involving embezzlement and hidden accounts.<\/p>\n
The police reassured me that I hadn\u2019t done anything wrong, but they asked me to stay alert in cas<\/p>\n
Eliza reached out again.Days later, as I prepared to leave Charleston,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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