She was considered missing for fifteen years… until her brother found her underwear hidden under their grandfather’s mattress… – Clear Mind

Quiet.

Trembling.

— Don’t let the family come down here.

Margaret collapsed in Daniel’s arms.

Noah didn’t have to see anything.

He already understood.

Lily had never run away.

She had never left the city.

She had been there the whole time.

Under the same soil where the family had eaten on Sundays.

Under the same courtyard where children had been playing.

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