My Daughter Called Me From A Hospital Bed

now draped over the back. I was just a mother, watching her child sleep, waiting for a monster to be dragged out of the dark.

The call came just before dawn. It was Alvarez.

“We found her, Victoria.”

His voice was heavy. I closed my eyes, a silent prayer of thanks and a moment of sorrow for the woman I never knew. For Amelia.

“She was buried near an old continue reading …