The drenched search teams fanned out into the darkening woods as thunder boomed overhead. Everyone worked with a desperate urgency, sensing this was now a rescue mission. Hope remained that Mia had simply lost her way in the woods.
Jonathan paced anxiously as police examined the crime scene. Rain pelted down in sheets, driven sideways by fierce winds. But he hardly noticed the storm. His mind was consumed with horrific imaginings of what could have happened to Mia after losing her backpack here.