Gone (Gone Series Book 1) by Claflin Stacy

Author:Claflin, Stacy [Claflin, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stacy Claflin
Published: 2014-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

24

Clothes

A lyssa looked around her dark room, unsure what had woken her. She couldn’t hear anything now. Rolling over, she saw that Chad wasn’t in bed with her—of course. They were getting along, but he wouldn’t leave his computer, afraid he would miss a comment on his blog saying they had found Macy.

Pain seared through her broken heart at the thought of her daughter. Where could Macy be? If she listened to what people had to say on the various shows, the likelihood of Macy still being alive was low. She looked at the time; it was after one in the morning. It had now been seven days since Macy had gone missing.

An entire week. Alyssa didn’t know how she had survived those days. Everything was a horrible, heart-wrenching blur. Nothing was worse than not knowing where her child was. More than anything, all she wanted was to find Macy and hold her in her arms and never let go again.

Tears filled her eyes. Would she ever see Macy alive? Had she run away, or had something far more sinister happened? There was no evidence either way.

Her phone rang. Was that what had woken her up? She found it under her pillow and saw that she did have a missed call. She didn’t recognize the number, but she didn’t care. It could be someone with information about Macy.

“Hello? Who is this?”

“Mrs. Mercer, this is Officer Anderson. We have information about your daughter.”

“What? Did you find her? Where is she? Where can I—?”

“Ma’am, please calm down. ”

Calm down? How dare he tell her to calm down? The only way she was going to calm down would be if Macy was back home, safe and sound. She grabbed a blanket and squeezed. “Go on.”

“Some clothes have been found, and we need you and your husband to come down to the station and identify them.”

Alyssa froze. Why did they think the clothes were Macy’s? Where would she be without her clothes? It had to be a mistake—a horrible, horrible mistake.

“Mrs. Mercer, are you there?”

She gasped for air. “Yes. Where did they find them?”

“Near the mall.”

“She could be close?”

“We can answer your questions at the station. Will you two be able to come down?”

“Of course. You want us to leave now?”

“The sooner the better, Ma’am. If they’re identified as hers, we’ll need to proceed as quickly as possible.”

“What do they look like?”

“It would be better if you came here to see them.”

The tone of his voice was enough to send chills through her. Something was wrong. “What aren’t you telling me?”

“Really, it would—”

“What aren’t you telling me?”

He sighed. “There is some blood on them.”

Alyssa’s throat closed up, and as it did an awful sound escaped. Blood on Macy’s clothes? She shook her head as tears filled her eyes. “No.”

“Ma’am? Do you need us to send someone to pick you up?”

She didn’t want to be at their mercy, waiting to go back home until someone could drive them back. “We’ll be there.” She ended the call, taking deep breaths.

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