A mother and child missing for thirty years An old stone house with no history Secrets buried below the floor Glimpsed lives from 200 years past If only the stones could talk Now a new mystery - the mother's pendant is found From the author of The Old Balmain House this is a story set in early Sydney Its consequences reverberate down through successive generations until today She bends forward. A silver pendant falls from her top, swinging free on a chain from her neck. The name 'Cindy' is in silver cursive letters. On its back is a heart symbol and, 'From Jim'. I remember so clearly the day I bought it. I did not have money to buy my Cindy a wedding ring. But, with the twenty dollars I had saved, I bought this. I gave it to her with all my love. She hung it around her neck, where it stayed until she and our baby vanished. Now, after thirty years, it has returned

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