through the eyes of a child page 6

through the eyes of a child page 6 by ric gustafson.


Charles turned into the two car long driveway. He got out of the dark colored Tahoe and walked up the five concrete steps toward the front door. They had lived in this two story house for over twenty years since right before Kelly was born. He opened the door to reveal a small dopey eared beagle sauter over.
" Tobey" he said as he knelt down and petted the happy dog. The dog licked Charles's face and then quietly left. He walked into the large modern looking kitchen and put his car keys on the counter.
Katie Brown ran into the room and embraced her husband. " Charles, what's happened to our baby?".
" I don't know" he replied as tears began to form in his eyes. " A Detective Springer from the missing person's unit called saying that he had talked to Jessica".
" Kelly's roommate" she replied in horror.
" Jessica reported to the Detective that Kelly had gone jogging at the nearby park yesterday morning and never came back".
" Never came back" she replied loudly as tears came down her face. " Our baby would never do that".
" I know" was his reply as he quickly peeked at the mail that was on the kitchen table. " The Detective would like us to come down to their dorm and we can talk to Jessica together".
" Ok".



Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric