Seventeen Days Missing
10:15 AM
Dearest William,
It’s getting late. It’s getting so very late.
The clock is ticking and time is running out.
I didn’t want it to have to get to this point.
I didn’t want to tell you these things.
I thought I would be out of this place by now.
I didn’t want to have to force your hand.
But I do.
It’s time to make a choice.
You see, I didn’t want to take her.
I really didn’t.
You have to know that!
Just as I told the detectives, we met and she told me she needed to get away. She said things were going south between the two of you and that she needed to get away for a few days to clear her head. And I know she told you as much, too. She was scared of you, love. I can’t be sure, and perhaps she never said it directly—but it was definitely implied.
