SARAH CLUTCHED ONTO Noah and Zoe with all of her strength. Zoe wriggled and screamed to free herself, but Sarah refused to let either of them out of her sight.
“What happened?” Louise burst through the door just minutes after Sarah had phoned her.
“Sarah! Are you okay?” Kate followed quickly behind her with the baby and Abby.
“I don’t know where he is,” Sarah sobbed. “I don’t know where he is!”
“Abby?” Louise turned to her stepdaughter.
“Yes?”
“Can you take the children while we make a plan?” Louise took Zoe and handed her to Abby.
Abby nodded. “Come on, Noah,” she said, holding her hand out.
“He was right there,” Sarah said. “He was in bed—asleep!” Sarah’s voice trembled as Louise took her in her arms. Her worst fear had come true. She had lost one of her children. “He was just in
