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Blair returned from the grocery store near her parents’ home and put away the perishable items. It was dinnertime, and she expected her mother to be there ready to pounce on the groceries to help make dinner. Blair had been gone from the house for several hours completing a few errands for her mother, and she hadn’t checked in to see what time they planned to cook.
“Mom? Dad?” she called out when the house remained quiet. She frowned slightly as she went to check the garage. Their car was gone, which filled her with sudden panic. She dug into her purse for her cell phone and saw that her mother had sent a text message to read a note she’d left in the guest room. When Blair found the note on the guest bed where she’d been sleeping the last few nights, she wondered what her parents were
