Fifteen
Jake
Watching Ellie leave is the worst f*****g thing I’ve ever had to go through. I don’t want her going without me, but there’s no choice. I clean up all the glass and board up our window. It’ll have to do until I can get a replacement. The one thing I’m not looking forward to is calling Ellie’s parents and telling them.
Time moves so damn slow when all you want is answers. The police have been out in our yard for hours, searching for clues. Ellie’s been gone for five of them. I have yet to hear from her. Sitting on my back porch, I watch the deputies comb the woods. They all start to vacate, and that’s when I notice Detective Bradshaw with a cell phone inside of a plastic bag.
I rush outside into the snow and hurry down to them. “What’d you find?” I ask impatiently.
Terry ho
