Chapter Sixty-One
SLOANE
It's been thirty minutes.
It's been half an hour since Sophia disappeared and I don't know where to look for her anymore. Mom and I searched the whole house again, then we went around the house, hoping she was hiding behind the bushes or plants but she was nowhere near the house.
I was devastated and I am only keeping it together because I know I have to look for her. We called my sister and Tabitha and told them what happened and they arrived a few minutes ago and started helping us.
"Where could she be? She's not at the park either." Mom wondered when we grouped again after walking around the village, asking everyone around if they'd seen Sophia, desperately describing her features.
"This is my fault. I... I said some bad things to her and that's–that's
