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I crossed the roo a little so I wouldn’t hit my head on the top bunk

“Yeah,” I said, brushing his hair back froure it out”

“Is Dad okay?” he asked, sing hard

“Your dad’s fine,” I assured him

His dad was fine, but Kara’sI had to keep a neutral expression on

“It’s Kara’s dad, isn’t it?” he said, his voice barely above a whisper “That’s why he didn’t pick her up today”

My boy noticed everything

“We’re trying to figure out why he didn’t,” I replied calmly

“Oh,” he replied, his eyes darkening as he glanced toward his bedroo to Kara”

“Thanks, bud,” I choked out, nodding “I’ll talk to her e have news”

“No need to freak her out,” he said wisely, his voice cracking He bit the inside of his cheek as his chin quivered

“It’s going to be okay, son,” I said, leaning forward to kiss his head “Try and get some sleep”

I left the roo my bedroom door shut behind me before the first sob left my mouth Where the fuck were Mack and Rose?

Chapter 16

Will

“Still nothing,” Molly told hed in frustration “I’ve checked every godda Mack’s or Rose’s descriptions have been admitted in the past three days”

“This doesn’tsense,” I muttered

It was like my sister had just disappeared off the face of the planet We’d contacted every person we knew, brought in support fro the west coast, called in every favor we had—and we still knew nothing

The baby sister I’d been protecting our entire lives was going through God knehat, and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it She’d always counted on me to have her back, and I couldn’t even find her I felt like I was going to come out of my skin

My , her lips and the skin around her fingernails so picked over, they constantly bled Dad was raging, and Toether

Nothing had prepared us for so like this It didn’t otten a ranso responsibility for their disappearance They were just gone