A Definite Article

“Your mom was so pretty,” Lucy says. She taps the clipping, the sound of her fingernail against the paper. “And you were so tiny! I didn’t know you were in the paper. You could've lost this! I doubt your dad has a copy. This,” she smiles, “is something totally worth keeping! What’s it doing in some,” and she laughs, “novel.”

“What is it?”

“Here,” Lucy says. It’s from a newspaper, a really old one.”

Simon sips his drink, dries his hands upon the seat of his swimsuit, and takes the picture.

He has trouble understanding the image surrounding the article.