THE TAKING OF ANNIE THORNE

One night, Annie went missing. Disappeared from her own bed. There were searches, appeals. Everyone thought the worst. And then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. But she couldnt, or wouldnt, say what had happened to her.

Something happened to my sister. I cant explain what. I just know that when she came back, she wasnt the same. She wasnt my Annie.

I didnt want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes I was scared to death of my own little sister.