After breakfast lunch and dinner the kids struck up a game of hide and seek before it got dark out and before they started the bonfire. Ria and Juna watched them giggling as they hid behind trees that led into the thick woods behind Ria and Jake's house.

Nina counted to ten

'Ready or not here I come!" She hurried around the yard looking in all the obvious places.

After finding everyone mandy began to count before Nina stopped her.

"Wait...Where's Aria?"

"Aria!" Nina called out walking tot edge of the woods and calling out for her.

The others looked around, but Aria was no where to be found

Ria glanced up when she heard Nina yelling. Furrowing her borw she caught Louise's eye who was peering out the window, Juna standing next to her.

Ria hurried outside

"What's going on?" Ria asked as she hurried out the door Juna and Louise close behind.

Nina turned very slowly and bit her lip

"We can't find Aria."

Ria's blood froze in her veins "What? What do you mean you cant find her?"

"We were playing hide and seek and we can't find her."

"Nina when did you last see her?"

"She was heading fro the woods, but Mandy told her not to go up there."

"ARIA!" Ria screamed her heart racing as she looked wildly around

Sig appeared in the doorway

"What's going on?"

Juna clutched her hand to her heart "Aria's missing."

Ria hurried past Sig and found jake in the living room. He looked up at her alarmed

"What the hell is going on?"

"Aria's gone." Ria said tears springing to her eyes

She hurried upsatirs pulling on a hoodie and shoving her feet into sneakers. She grabbed several flashlights and hurried back outside.

Everyone was out there calling for her, but still they got no answer.

She handed flashlights off to people and then plunged into the woods. She called and called for her daughter, but no one called back. She could hear Andy, Freddie, and Edgar calling for her too, and by that time the police had arrived their flashing sirens giving thee woods an eerie blood red glow. Nina relayed the story while the police questioned everyone and sent officers out into the woods with dogs.

They returned looking grave. One of them, officer Smith who couldnt have been more than 23 handed Ria something. it was the tiny necklace with a silver crab on it that she wore.

Broken.

Ria broke down and cried sinking to the steps Jakes arms tight around her.

Aria had been kidnapped.

She was gone.

Ria was in total shock.

Jake slid into bed next to her without words.

They were both lying on their backs staring at the ceiling. Aria was out there somwhere, scared, alone, away from her family, and with a total freak who liked inflicting pain on people. What was going to happen to her. Would this sick freak take her away forever

Would they kill her?

Ria's fingers found Jake's and they wound tightly together as she choked out a sob. He spun and held her tightly.

But nothing could heal the hole in her heart.

Not until her daughter was at home.

Safe

With her family

And alive.

I know it's short but I think this chapter speaks for itself.

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