David McGhee grew up with two mysteries. One was his grandmother’s suitcase — it was full of stuff she shared with no one. The other mystery was about the boy’s grandfather, a soldier who died before David was born.
David was only 9 years old when he first got a glimpse of what was inside his grandmother’s suitcase.
“She was actually going in for something else, but I saw that picture,” David said, asking her who was in that photo. It was her parents, she told him. She then quickly zipped up the suitcase. She didn’t speak another word about it.
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