She suddenly rose, pulled the needle from her arm, threw on her coat, and walked out of the hospital.
She called a car to take her home. Only in the familiar comfort of her own space did the ache in her heart begin to subside.
She took a hot bath, curled up under the covers, and slowly fell asleep. The body would heal itself.
「Deep in the night.」
Many people were weaving through the park, searching.
Dylan Finch held a tablet displaying surveillance footage. The last place Noah Grant had been seen was the children’s play area.
He’d gone behind the merry-go-round and vanished.
A team was already searching the area.
When Walker arrived, Sunny Reed grabbed his arm, her body trembling. "We haven’t found him... Walker, what are we going to do?"
Walker said, "Then we call the police."
Sunny Reed froze for a second, then nodded. "Right, right, the police. How could I have forgotten? I’ll call them right now."
Fumbling with her phone, she dialed the police.
Walker, meanwhile, took the tablet and studied it.
Then, he handed the tablet back to Dylan Finch and headed off in one direction to search on his own.
The park was dark. Even with the streetlights, the towering trees and their dense canopies blocked out much of the light, leaving some areas pitch-black.
The children’s play area was vast. Walker walked over to the merry-go-round, glanced around, and then headed in a different direction.
He passed teacup rides, a small roller coaster, and a pirate ship.
Deeper inside was a pumpkin house.
During the day, the pumpkin house’s mouth would be open, with a slide coming out the other side.
At night, the mouth was closed to prevent children from wandering in and getting hurt.
Lately, however, the pumpkin house had been under renovation, and the area around it was cordoned off.
This whole section was pitch-black.
Walker vaulted over the barrier and went inside.
"Noah?"


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