Her chest tightens. The kitchen is chaos. She steps on something hard, and looks down. Toy dinosaurs are scattered everywhere. But her son is nowhere - her baby boy is gone.
The police arrive. She can't look at her husband. Instead, she studies the network of lines on her shaking hands.
Then her phone beeps with a voice message. 'Listen to it on speaker,' says the detective. A woman's voice fills the air.
'I'm assuming this is the Andrea Gately listed as a contact on the Missing Children of the World website. I'm calling to let you know that I've given your details to the police. Why are you using a picture of my son on a missing children's website? Why are you using it and where did you get it?'
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