Chapter 4

My mom handed the paper, corroded by stomach acid, to the CSI. She rubbed her sore lower back and said to my dad with a sigh, "I hope we get something from this paper. Did you remind Matthew to lock the doors?"

My dad nodded grimly. He then hesitated before speaking. "Honey, you know Ethan hasn't answered his phone or responded to Amy. Do you think something might have actually happened to him? Should I have someone check on him?"

My mom was irritated and cut him off. "Come on, don't you know him by now? He’s just hiding, waiting for us to come looking. It's not the first time he’s pulled something like this.

"He just doesn't want to go to Matthew's match. By tomorrow at the latest, He’ll call us crying and apologizing."

The last time I went missing was during summer break, when Matthew locked me in the school bathroom. The school was empty during the break, and no one could hear my cries for help.

I managed to climb out, covered in dirt, and limped home with a twisted ankle.

But inst
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