The Invisible Ones
“Ray I was hired by Georgia Millington’s parents after the police had drawn a blank. They were a mild-mannered, bewildered couple. Every time I met them, Mrs. Millington was wearing a headscarf, as though she had been interrupted in the middle of scrubbing the floor. And their house was immaculately clean. They seemed pleasant, a bit dull, like decent parents everywhere. The disappearance of their daughter was the worst and most inexplicable thing that had ever happened to them. I really wanted ...to help.
When I found Georgia, in an enormous run-down squat in Torquay, I was on top of the world. I told myself I had won. I had beaten the police, and the forces of stupidity and chaos, and the silly girl who wanted to lose herself with her dope-addled boyfriend. It’s not that I didn’t ask her what she was running from. But I couldn’t have asked in the right way. I didn’t realize, then, that she was afraid of me. That she had spent her whole life learning how to be afraid. And what occurred to me was not the truth.MoreLess
When I found Georgia, in an enormous run-down squat in Torquay, I was on top of the world. I told myself I had won. I had beaten the police, and the forces of stupidity and chaos, and the silly girl who wanted to lose herself with her dope-addled boyfriend. It’s not that I didn’t ask her what she was running from. But I couldn’t have asked in the right way. I didn’t realize, then, that she was afraid of me. That she had spent her whole life learning how to be afraid. And what occurred to me was not the truth.MoreLess
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