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“He took her,” she said She was tre

“Who?”

Instead of answering, she sobbed For the first ti calm He wanted to shake her He wanted to roar He wanted to re that stood between himself and Kirsty

Behind hi to a halt

“What on earth is going on?” Shona demanded

Kirsty’s mother didn’t knohom to answer first Lake put his hand on her arm She turned to him

“Who took Kirsty?” he said

“Brandon”

Everything within hiasped Heather wrapped an arm around Kirsty’s mother

“Where?” Lake said

It was hard to get the word out, his jaas clenched so tightly

“I don’t know,” Kirsty’s et you”

He nodded and turned towards the door Kirsty’s mum put a hand on his arm to stop him

“I saw a knife,” she said as she started to shake

“Oh oodness,” Jean wailed