Daughter of Mine

Hazel focuses on the mismatched mirrors in her father’s office. She removes one and inspects the wall. A patch of plaster is concealing something. Hazel grabs a hammer and smashes the plaster, revealing a bag of money hidden in the wall. The other mirrors conceal similar niches filled with cash. She now realizes that all the money her father had been withdrawing from his accounts was hidden there for her to find. Hazel thinks, “I didn’t know what he wanted. Why not just tell me? Why leave it for me to find instead? The gun, the jewelry, the letter Jamie had uncovered” (303).

Hazel phones Joe Lyons and learns that he actually married her mother, and they never got a divorce. Libby stole an heirloom wedding ring when she left him. Lyons denies having seen her since. Detective Al Flores then arrives to question Hazel about Sonny’s death. He says that she may have been killed elsewhere. The pills she took weren’t prescription, so the police are looking for her drug supplier as the most likely culprit. Al advises Hazel to leave town and not interfere in police matters.