The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared
"All of Chester's shares are worthless now. The Zieglers pulled their investment, and the board just voted unanimously for me to take over. As for the ten million dollars he moved to an overseas account, I recovered it for you. Think of it as compensation for Dottie's trauma."
I looked out at the blinding sunlight and let out a long, heavy breath. At last, the nightmare was over.
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Six months later, in a small coastal town in the south, Dorothy, in her yellow dress, ran toward me with a piece of paper. "Mommy, look! I drew a sunflower!"
The sea breeze lifted her hair, revealing her chubby, rosy little face. She had grown plumper, laughed more, and no longer ground her teeth or had nightmares