Tag: disappeared

  • The Ocean

    I always told everyone I met, I would rather go to the mountains instead of the beach.  The ocean was full of terrifying organisms that A) we couldn’t see and B) we had no real idea about every single creature living in the depths of the ocean.  If I couldn’t see it, I didn’t want to be near…

  • Disoriented

    “I was totally disoriented,” I told the police officer.  “I really don’t know where I was last night.  The first thing I remembered was walking down the sidewalk toward the school.”  “Do you remember anything else?  Who you were with?  Anything after you left your friends at the bar?”  I stared straight ahead and tried…

  • Nothing but Pray

    “I haven’t done anything but pray since I heard the news.  I don’t know what else I can do at this point.”  I waited for my sister to respond, but knew from the silence that she had hung up on me.  When I was twelve and Savannah fourteen, our sister Grace had left the house for high school one Friday afternoon and never returned. …

  • Without a Trace

    “Adam!  Jenny!  Michael!  I’m home,” I called as I kicked the door closed behind me.  I struggled through to the kitchen and managed to get all the bags onto the island without dropping a single thing.  “I’m home,” I called again.  I started putting the groceries away, listening with one ear for any noise coming from above.  Or below.  Or anywhere.  After a few minutes,…