"JACK!" Layla shot out of bed. Sweat dripped down her face and she was breathing heavily. She glanced at Jacks side of the bed and noticed that he wasn't there.
Layla searched every room in the house. "Mummy, where's Jack?" Layla called out. "I think he's gone somewhere, sweetheart" Caryl called back to her youngest daughter.
Days went by and Jack never came back. One morning, Brian was reading the paper went the front cover story shocked him.
"Honey" Brian showed his wife Caryl the page. It broke Caryl's heart to read the paragraph.
The headlines read:
Kidnapped, Murdered and dump in the river: 16 year old found dead in river.
It showed a picture of Jack.
The family found it hard to cope without Jack there. It was their first Christmas without him. Layla missed him the most. The 2 had grown so fond of each other. And now that he was gone; she's a loner.
Caryl couldn't stand seeing her sons presents left there under the tree. So they went and scattered them around Jacks grave that night. Caryl stayed up until 3 am the next morning comforting Layla.