LOGIN“You’re here again.” She states, rolling her eyes without so much as a good morning when she opens the door and sees me standing there. “Good morning to you too. Yes, I’m indeed here again. How are you doing?” I ask her, resolving not to let her hostility get to me. She has every reason to be hosti
I have not been to Nora's apartment for several months since Sally disappeared. In the first month of Sally's disappearance, I used to come here a lot, so much so that I’m sure that I must have begun to look like a desperate creep to Nora. Each time I came here back then, I would plead and plead wi
“No! I want to go with you and Aunt Sally!” He protests angrily when he sees the nanny and realizes that I’m about to leave him with her. “Honey, you must be very tired from running up and down with me these past few days. That is why I want your nanny to take you home so you can rest. Besides, you
SEAN Somehow, Sally allows herself to be convinced to come back home with me, which as even her doctor agrees, is the best decision for her right now because she needs all the help that she can get. We’ve finally been able to reach Nora and Austin, who have arrived at their honeymoon destination a
SALLY I can tell that Sean is surprised at my blunt tone and sharp words, but I couldn’t care less. I vaguely remember how I had pleaded with my boss to get in touch with him after she told me that she could not reach Nora and Austin no matter how many times she tried to reach them. I had been ter
The small bundle feels incredibly light as the nurse places it in my arms. Every single iota of sleep flees from my eyes as I hold and look down at my daughter. The nurse helps me adjust the baby in my arms while smiling at me in approval. Immense love for this tiny human floods my entire being and
The time passed very slowly as Christina alternated sitting and laying in the bushes on the ranch, so that merely an hour into her long wait, she began to curse herself for even being in this position in the first place. What she should have done instead of allowing herself to suffer this much, was
Finally, after walking for another thirty-something minutes, she stumbled upon familiar ground. She was on the ranch finally, but not where the shortcut would have taken her. She was on another part of the large ranch entirely, and it would take up to another forty minutes for her to get to the mai
Christina used to be very familiar with the path that she followed after she parked her car, although to be frank, there was nothing even remotely resembling a path around there anymore. Everything was now covered in bushes … thick ones for that matter. As she tried to navigate her way through thes
Christina reclined on the bed of her room in the luxurious hotel that she had checked into a few hours ago. She was dead tired from running around the whole day and even the day before, first from trying to see that annoying bitch, Gina, and then leaving alibis in various locations to cover her tra







