A Friend

It was a Saturday. It was a Saturday, and it was sunny. It was the sunniest day of the year so far, so I had no doubt that Jamie would be in her garden sunbathing. I hadn’t seen her for days. In fact, no one had seen her for days. We all knew what had been going on – but no one wanted to talk about it.

But today, we would.

I reached for my phone, and to my surprise, I found it was already ringing.
“Hello?”
“Oh thank God, you’re home!” came the voice. It was Hanna.
“Hey,” I said, ready to ask her if she’d had a good holiday, but she quickly interrupted.
“You have to listen to me. Jamie’s missing.”