"I don’t know. Masaki said she disappeared the night before last, around the time of the newscast. He was on the phone all day to the social services agencies and soup kitchens, but no one’s seen her." She shrugged. "If you ask me, she probably got bored and went back to her street friends. Wayne said one of them stopped by just before she left." She shrugged. "Maybe she just got tired of the colored dishwater that passes for soykaf around here. In any case, it’s good riddance. I don’t think that kid had taken a bath in—"