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‘There was another girl taken, you know?’ Nomvula added. ‘No. When?’ ‘Two weeks ago, but the police were not interested in her, either.’ Two girls, Sannie wrote in her notebook. ‘I will need her name. Tell me, why do you think the police were not interested in these disappearances?’ Nomvula looked over her shoulder, as if there might be someone eavesdropping. ‘The other girl was Thandi Mnisi. She was different from Lilly. Thandi was only Lilly’s age, maybe a little older, fourteen perhaps, but she was wise beyond her years. She had been in some trouble, with drugs, alcohol, boys.’ ‘Do you think both girls might have been abducted?’ Nomvula nodded. ‘Yes, I think so – now.’ ‘Now?’ Nomvula glanced at the crowd, some of whom were drifting away now that the initial excitement was over.