Sarah's Birthday Drabble by Eun

Don't look for me.

The note, curt and neatly folded, had been scrawled with an unmistakable tremor.

Still he looks...and sees. The rumpled sheets, things strewn on the floor. He wonders. Did he really see her before?

“Chief, there's no sign of forced entry.”

There wouldn't be.

“She was last seen with Dr. Edward Cullen, yesterday.”

He hears Renee gasp, sees her eyes widen in horror then shame then regret. Bile rises up his throat at their neglect. Their daughter, their only child. They couldn't even take care of her properly.

“Who's he?”

“Her science teacher.”