Three days after Jasmine went missing, Donald used every connection he had. He contacted immigration, but there was no record of her leaving the country, which meant she had either used fake documents or someone had helped cover her tracks. He went back to their home at Shoreveil, and all her things were still there. The dresses she usually wore hung in the closet, her half‑used skincare products sat on the vanity, and everything looked so normal, as if she had just stepped out to go shopping and would be back any minute. Donald covered his face with his hands, flooded with regret for having signed that paper at the facility. The doctor had said, "The patient shows violent tendencies and needs to be kept in isolation." He should have insisted on taking her home. He should have let her

