The Slender Man by Dexter Morgenstern

Author:Dexter Morgenstern [Morgenstern, Dexter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781480142350
Google: AgqwNAEACAAJ
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

12: The Discussion

“So he's been missing for less than an hour?” asks Deputy Yew.

“Yes,” answers Mom. Karen Willow is frantically searching the surrounding forest for her son, and Jamie is sitting against his house, head in his folded hands. He probably feels like it's his fault, because I sent him over to look for a possible kidnapper that he didn’t find, and now his son is missing. It's not his fault though. He walked right through the fiend without sensing him, so there is no way he could have fought him off. All we possibly could have done better was keep an eye on Lionel at all times, like we should have done. Of course that's probably what he was waiting for; an opportunity to strike when no one was looking. Here I was afraid he was here to take me, but he had his eyes on Lionel.

“Alyssa, can you give me a description of the man you saw?” asks Deputy Yew. Oh right, everyone else thinks a man might have taken Lionel.

“Yeah, I mean I didn't get a good look, and I tried to take pictures but they didn't come out, but he was... tall, skinny, and all in black. I didn’t see his face at all,” I say honestly, although tall; skinny; and black are all abstract words in this case.

“So it didn't look like Jason Larch or Mario Douglas?” he asks. I shake my head. This static entity is probably why Mario and Jason are missing. Yew nods his head to me and begins speaking on his radio. I catch a forlorn, almost apologetic gaze from Jamie and return it.

“It's not his fault,” I repeat to myself. If anyone is at fault, it's me. I should have kept an eye all on all three children knowing that thing was near, but I didn't because I was worried about myself. I moan inwardly-I wasn’t even keeping a close watch on Adam! At least he is okay, and if I ever see that fiend again, I'm handcuffing Adam to me.

“I just spoke with the sheriff. There aren't very many places he could have gone in such a short time period, so we are going to initiate a search. In the meantime, we need the Willows to give us a list of everyone who came to the party, that way we will have a good number of people to talk to. Maybe one of them got a better look at this guy. Alyssa, do you think you could give an accurate description to a sketch artist?” asks Deputy Yew, hints of stress coming from him.

“No I, I really didn’t see his face. I'm sorry,” I answer.

“Right, okay listen,” he says, turning to my Dad. “You need to take your kids and lock them up at home with an adult present at all times. We've had more than one child disappearing in the same day, so it's best you get your kids to safety,” he explains.

“You got it,” Dad says, and motions for us to follow him.

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