Conner POV Conner got home from university, it was raining, and he could see there was a storm brewing out there. He headed inside to find Marlo standing with his group of friends; he’d left uni a little before they had. He’d seen the boy’s car drive on by, as they’d all been walking to the carpark themselves. His eyes fell on the bag he was holding, “What do you mean you don’t know where she is?” he was asking them. “She went swimming and didn’t come back. We snagged her bag and thought she’d left and forgotten it.” Conner could see Marlo digging through the bag and his gut was telling him trouble was brewing. “Boy’s what’s going on?” he asked as he stepped over, moved his eyes right to that bag. “Marlo?” “El’s missing, was hanging out with Hayden and the group here, but they can’t