PART 1
My daughter disappeared on prom night, and for eleven months, I blamed the boy I had forbidden her to love.
Then I found her prom dress hidden inside my son’s room — along with letters that revealed the truth was far more painful than anything I had imagined.
The last photo I had of Livia was taken at 5:12 p.m. on our front porch.
She stood there in a pale blue dress, her arm linked with her twin brother Liam’s, wearing the impatient smile only an eighteen-year-old girl could manage.
“Stay together tonight,” I told them.
Liam smiled. “We always do, Mom.”
Livia rolled her eyes. “Mom, we’re eighteen, not little kids.”
“I know,” I said, brushing a curl away from her face. “That’s exactly why I’m worried.”
Then I added the warning that changed everything.
“And stay away from Mitchell.”
Her smile vanished.
“Mom.”
