5.
The Derksens suffered the same blow as
Mike Reynolds. The city of Winnipeg
reacted to Candace’s disappearance the
same way that Fresno reacted to Kimber
Reynolds’s murder. The Derksens
grieved, just as Mike Reynolds grieved.
But there the two tragedies start to
diverge.
When the Derksens came home from
the police station, their house began to
fill with friends and relatives. They
stayed all day. By ten at night, only the
Derksens and a few close friends were
left. They sat in the kitchen, eating cherry
pie. The doorbell rang.