Chapter 12: Meanwhile in Kansas

While Sarah sat Underground, sobbing quietly in a fungi cottage, her disappearance from the Aboveground had not gone unnoticed.

"Any calls while I was gone?" Robert asked as he threw his briefcase down by the front door.

"None" Toby replied. Karen got up from the couch and took her husband's coat,

"She probably just went out with some friends and forgot the time, she always was an inconsiderate girl". Toby shot his mother a glance as Robert scrubbed his face tiredly,

"For almost a week Karen? No, something's wrong, I'm calling the police"

"Do you really think that's necessary Robert?"

"My daughter is missing!" he roared, robbing Karen of words for the first time in their entire marriage.

"I'll get the phone Dad", Toby said solemnly.