47 Nick
Sitting around waiting for news is horrible. I know, because it’s what I’ve spent the past few days doing. Sitting around waiting for bad news is worse, particularly when you know what the news is going to be. I’m just waiting for the call to tell me that Tasha is dead.
It feels weirdly peaceful, tranquil. As if the whole sorry saga is almost over and I’ll be reunited with my Ellie. How will Ellie’s kidnapper know the deed has been done in order to return her? Do I need to email Jen Hood? That’s not something I want to risk. I don’t want to incriminate myself any further.
Whoever it is, they didn’t have much difficulty in coming very close to us on two separate occasions – when Ellie was taken and when I received the message about the police officer outside the house – so they p
