Mona’s hands shook as she switched to a new phone and called Fred right away. "What do you mean by that? Luke and Rue are gone? Didn't you keep an eye on them all the time? How can they be gone? What do you mean by "missing"?” She asked Fred a lot of questions all at once, and he didn't know where to start.

All he could do was groan. He could see that Miss Hunt was worried about the two kids, and now that they were gone, how could she not break down?

Fred, who felt helpless, told the ...