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Chapter Eight
Seamus O'Dálaigh quietly made his lunch. His wife Siobhan lay sleeping in their bedroom. He didn't want to wake her. Their twenty-two year old daughter, Faidh, had not been home for nineteen days. Nobody had seen her. Nobody had heard from her. Her Cobalt Blue Honda Civic had been recovered on day nine. It had been deserted near Michigan State University in Parking Lot Seventy-Five. The police still held it in their possession. They wouldn't allow Seamus to claim it, as he wasn't the registered owner.
Seamus knew something had happened to his beloved only child when she hadn't returned home in time for their ritual family supper. That was Monday, May 2nd. It was now Saturday, May 21. Although she was working as an interpreter, Faidh remained living with her parents. She valued her ever growing independence, but she also loved her family. Faidh never missed an evening meal with her pare
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