Little Girl Land: Chapter 10

​Though the weather was an ever growing force of wind, ice, and snow outside the Detective’s office, the fervor that the new lead brought had warmed things up indoors. What seemed like dead-end after dead-end had suddenly come together into a possible link that neither Shane nor Laura had anticipated; which lit a fire under them both. The days had grown long and cold with doubt, but this clue seemed to give them something to go after. There was a sense of hope in a task that had felt so hopeless originally. There was a very real possibility that they could solve some of, if not all, of their missing person cases.
 
And solving those cases would have many consequences, all of them good, regardless of if they were linked together by something sinister. The families involved would finally be able to have some kind of closure and could grieve without holding back that little bit of hope that their loved one would be found. It’s a harsh reality, but one that police know is for the better. When there is a chance that you’ll see them again, you’ll never truly heal from the loss. Shane hadn’t been a Detective for long, but he was in Law Enforcement long enough to know this truth. And as sad as that thought was, he knew that it would ultimately help those suffering with the “what ifs” move on. They could never truly do that if the only thing they know is that for all intent and purposes their family member vanished into thin air.

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