15 Nick
I barely slept a wink throughout the night, and the worrying got even worse. Ellie’s been missing for almost twenty-four hours now, but it feels like so much longer. Once Tasha had come home and the police had called off the search for the night, the sheer panic reached its apex.
Not only was she still missing with no-one out looking for her, but it was dark and cold and we had no idea where she was or if she was safe. Bizarrely, the only thing that kept me vaguely sane was the ransom note I’d had earlier in the evening. At least if I convinced myself it was genuine then it meant Ellie was alive and safe. The fact that I’ve not had a response yet is starting to worry me, though.
We had all the usual lines from the police. The vast majority of missing people return home safe and
