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Even with her short distraction, Amanda found the apartment empty. Tony had not yet returned. She put her bag on the counter and hurried into his room. The notepad was untouched beside the computer, and she quickly hurried it into her own bedroom. The pad was hidden beneath all the clothes she had tossed from her bag, and now she could finally breath a sigh of relief. That is, until she glimpsed the nightstand beside her bed.
The rock was gone.
Amanda blinked, sure she was seeing things again that were not true. However, her action didn’t force the rock to reappear. The nightstand was still empty, and the rock still inexplicably missing. She went to work looking for the small stone, first by looking behind the small table and then underneath the bed. There was no sign of the
