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Roxanne missing was from school a week later was a shock. She never was off ill. Hell, she didn’t care about infecting the school with whatever disease she’d picked up! Her friends had always teased her for it and it had been quite a shock over the past week. Even more so she’d not been answering her mobile so none of them knew if she was okay.

Hayley sighed as she climbed into Harrison’s car that night from school, her head resting back on the chair. She smiled at him. “Are you alright?” Hewhispered leaning over to stroke her cheek, his thumb gently brushing overher lower lip.
“Just a little tired.” She said confidently back giving him a light kiss before squeezing his knee. “Looking forward to our date this weekend.”
“Always is a highlight of the week.” He whispered kissing her again before starting the engine.

There was something unusual about their relationship. Everyone saw it. No one just dared comment about it. Maybe it was the way Hayley fawned over him, maybe it was the way she simply thought that his word was bible. There was the way Harrison seemed to control her every movement, how she had to text him to ask if she could go out with her friends.

None of them were in strong, long lasting relationships but they knew that wasn’t right. How were they going to tell her?

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Mrs Booth sighed as her hand trembled as she realised that her daughter being missing a week without a peep was maybe more serious than she’d originally thought. She reached for the mobile and dialled the police.
“Hello, I’d like to report my daughter missing.”