NINE

Dalton and I have been doing our best to hide everything we do. It's tough and I have played my part. I wanted to be back in his classroom for the free periods, but we both agreed it was for the best to stay away from each other at school.

I was sitting at my dining room table doing some work with my mother when we had a knock on the door. I watched my father answer it. We could see the front door from the dining room table. It was Dillon's mother and father. Dillon's mother had a very worried look on her face. I got up and walked over to the door. "Hello Brenda, we're sorry to disturb you and we know you and Dillon had a fallen out, but he has been missing now for two days." My mouth fell open.

"Missing?" I asked.

"He hasn't been seen since Thursday night and he told us he was going to meet some friends. We haven't seen or heard from him since then."

"Have you gone to the police?" I asked and they both told us ev