A Girl VANISHED After a Party

her junior year. She gives it to Margaret for Christmas, saying, “So you can keep your treasures in it.”

Margaret’s vision blurs, but she forces herself to look inside.

The box contains photographs. Not random ones.

Photos of Emily.

Taken from a distance.

At the bus stop. Walking home from school. Laughing in the park.

And at the bottom of the box, wrapped continue reading …