Every Saturday morning in Phoenix, when the light first stretched across the red earth and the sky turned soft and clear, Michael Rowan followed the same path into Greenwood Hill Memorial Gardens. For two full years, he walked through the gates carrying a bouquet of white lilies, moving with the careful, quiet steps of a man trying to hold himself together.
Michael used to be one of the most energetic business owners in Arizona. His company, Rowan Supplies, served construction sites from Phoenix to Tucson, and he seemed to thrive on long days and big plans. But after losing contact with his young twin daughters, Ava and Lily, everything in his life dimmed.
At the memorial site, two matching marble markers stood side by side, engraved with the girls’ names. Michael had placed them there when he was told that a severe out-of-state incident had separated his daughters from him permanently.
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