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small talk between Preslar and LeSane turned into a monu-
mental moment when LeSane shared the name that forced
fate to align along the road to remembrance.
“You’re not going to believe this, but I have Abigail Powlett’s
daughter on that bus with her two kids,” Preslar informed Le-
Sane.
“Noreen is on that bus?” he repeated, pointing to the ve-
hicle parked a few feet away. LeSane had been searching for
Noreen ever since Abigail Powlett’s funeral 32 years ago. The
last time he saw her she was just a little girl, holding her fa-
ther’s hand while trying to make sense of the scene of all the
law enforcement officers escorting her mother’s coffin into
the church.
Without hesitation, LeSane entered the bus and reached for
the microphone