Susan checked her phone for the umpteenth time that day. There was still no response from Cherry, and now she was starting to really grow worried.
Cherry, unlike most people of her age, was not a huge fan of social media. She almost never posted on their group-chat, unless it was in reply to someone else’s post, so Susan was not surprised to find that there had been no activity on her friend’s page for almost a week.
She had checked with the rest of their gang throughout the day, just in case, but none of them had heard from Cherry, nor had any idea where she and Simon might be. The fact was that no one else seemed unduly concerned by the couple’s absence. Connie had even suggested that they may have taken off for a couple of days, just to be alone together. It was not the most implausib
