“Stay here.” Autumn whispered. “I"ll run as fast as I can.”
Their eyes locked, and the girl offered her a nod. Too afraid to speak, or even to cry in protest of being left alone, she slowly sat down and resumed the same position she was in when Autumn found her. The sight was too much to take in. Autumn couldn"t bear the thought of her being found by the time she got back to her car. She kneeled to the girls level and quickly repeated her reassuring promises.
“I"m going to get you out of here. If it kills me, I"ll do it.”
The girl was now curled up into the fetal position in the weeds directly under Craig"s living room window. A fresh stream of tears overflowed and her shoulders shook.
“I have to get my car and come back before they notice you"re gone. Wait here, and stay still. If the
