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By that morning, Ma and Dad had been missing for ten days.
And seven days had elapsed since they’d received that letter — not by email, but printed on real paper, sent by post and all — informing them of their imminent transfer to Wicker Secondary.
Dee wasn’t entirely convinced that the two events were unrelated.
They wouldn’t have believed that Ma and Dad weren’t coming home, except their parents never went nowhere without letting Dee know when they’d be back. And Dee wouldn’t have believed the invite to Wicker either, except it came printed on hefty card stock, adorned with that gl... Read more
