Torn by Karen Moore & darkstroke books

Author:Karen Moore & darkstroke books [Moore, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: darkstroke books
Published: 2019-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Seven

North Wales, Sunday 26th November, 2017

“Oh, Rhys, thank God I’ve reached you at last! Eva’s disappeared! She was playing in the garden one minute, the next she’d gone. I’ve been all over looking for her but there’s no sign of her anywhere. It’s as if she’s been swallowed up. And the weather’s getting worse…”

Sobs smothered Hanna’s words. Her hand clenched around the mobile phone, the skin drawn tight and white across the knuckles. She wanted to scream, beat her fists against the wall. She’d been in the kitchen and had only taken her eyes off her daughter for a few minutes, just as she’d done so many times before. How could I have been so careless? she thought. Something must have happened. Eva couldn’t have got far on her own; she’d have found her by now.

Someone must have taken her. There was no other explanation. But how could that be when she’d heard nothing, not a sound, and certainly hadn’t seen anyone lurking in the vicinity. A cold knot of fear snaked through her body.

Rhys’s calm voice broke in. “Hanna, try not to panic. Anything could have happened. We’ll find her, don’t worry. She might have fallen and hurt herself. I’m on my way, stay where you are until I get to you.”

An image of Eva lying in a ditch, battered and bruised, flashed in front of Hanna. She shuddered. “Hurry, Rhys. Something bad’s happened, I just know it. I’ll never forgive myself if it has. I should have kept my eye on her. It’s all my fault…” Her voice was rising to a crescendo again. She was on the verge of hysteria now, sobbing and trying to speak at the same time, the words coming out in a jumble.

“Try and calm down. Everything will be fine. She won’t be far away and there’ll be a perfectly good explanation, you’ll see.” Rhys’s soothing tone had little effect.

“I just hope you’re right…”

“Sit tight, I’ll be with you in no time at all. I’m only at the bottom of the valley. Maybe she wandered off and got lost. Stay in the cottage. You need to be there if she does make her way back. Try not to worry. We’ll get her back safely, you’ll see.”

His attempts to reassure her rang hollow. She felt a vast aching void in the pit of her stomach. There was more to this, she felt sure. She ended the call and slipped the phone into the pocket of her waterproof. Tearing herself away from the window where she’d been keeping a lookout for any sign of Eva, she hurried outside again. The wind had increased, whipping through the trees as if in a hurry to get to its destination. Hailstones started to fall, striking and stinging her face with their force.

Stifling her sobs, she began to call out, “Eva, Eva – where are you? Can you hear me? Eva, come on home now. Vieni qui. Eva, Eva, Eva-aa…” She paced up and down, calling her daughter's name repeatedly.

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