‘I have to get this story update filed, or I"ll have Mitchell Kane breathing down my neck,’ said Cory as the search volunteers were called back to the schoolyard. ‘Do you want to take off, or can I buy you something at the diner? It"s the least I can do after such a long day.’
‘I"m good,’ Bianca replied. ‘I"d like to see how you do it. I don"t mind the long day—I"m here to learn, after all.’
Deputy Cabera had been delighted with Bianca"s find. Cory felt sorry for him, now the light was failing and the search parties had returned empty-handed. Poppy was no longer regarded as lost; she was now confirmed as missing. That meant she hadn"t wandered off on her own, she hadn"t walked home alone, she hadn"t gone to play with a friend, and she wasn"t curled up fast asleep in the classroom in some
