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by Shari Lapena
The baby is gone! Anne and Marco had been at the 40th birthday party of their neighbor next door. Their houses are attached; they share a wall. It was just Anne and Marco and Cynthia and Graham celebrating Graham’s birthday with dinner and drinks. They brought the baby monitor with them. They would hear the baby and they would take turns checking on the baby every half hour. Cynthia did not want a fussy baby at her dinner party.
When Anne and Marco returned home after 1:00 in the morning, the baby was gone! Her crib was empty. She is barely six months old – she did not walk or crawl away, she could not be hiding in a closet, but they scoured the house looking for her anyway.
The hours ticked by, the days passed slowly . There were clues. There were suspicions. There were accusations. Secrets unraveled. So many secrets! Through the anguish, the sobs, and the clenched hands, there was still no baby. Hope flickered and was dashed time and again.
So many lies! Cover-ups. Who is protecting whom? What to believe? Whom to trust? Most of all, where is the baby!
What I think does not matter. Except that I was dead wrong!
Shari Lapena is turning out to be my favorite author.
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Legally Blind 