BRANDON
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I’d failed Gianna and I hated myself badly for it.
Flashing blue and red lights lit up the street. Officers moved in and out of my house, their radios cracking with updates I couldn’t make sense of. My chest burned like I’d swallowed fire but my palms were as cold as ice.
One minute, Isabella was out playing with Charlotte and Oliver. The next minute, she was gone. Oliver had followed me into the kitchen to get some juice for all of them while Charlotte said she and Isabella had been playing hide and seek, so she didn’t know where she went. It was crazy. They were in my backyard. How could anyone get to them there?
I paced the room, running my hand through my hair for the umpteenth time. The house was too quiet even with all the movement around. Oliver was upstairs with Ch
