#Chapter 66 - Joining the Search

Shirley

Gwen. They took Gwen. It’s hard for me to believe that such a smart and cunning woman could be taken by the abductors, but it appears that it can happen to anyone. It could have even happened to me if I’d taken the wrong route because…

“I was just with Gwen,” I murmur.

All at once, I feel all eyes in the room turn in my direction, the conversations ending as the ringing in my ear subsides. And yet, I can’t bring myself to raise my head as I think of Gwen, imagining someone grabbing her around a corner when she’d had her guard down. I nearly shiver at the thought.

However, I’m met with a warmth instead as a hand falls on my shoulder. I don’t even have to look over to know it’s Keith who is now at my side.

“What happened?” he asks softly, as if I’m fragile. And maybe I am. I feel like any moment I may collapse.

But instead, I shake my head slowly. “Nothing,” I admit. “We were shopping at the mall and everything was normal. And then we went our separate ways...that was only an ho