Bates' POV

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Bates' POV:

Anna, Norah and myself walked down the dark road, Norah still asleep in my arms. She awoke when I stumbled over a pebble, and I set her down.

"I didn't stay up past eleven, did I?" She pouted.

"No, pet," I smiled, "But you can try again next year. And then the year after that, you can stay up all the way until mid-" I shoved Norah hard onto the cold ground.

I grabbed Anna. But I wasn't fast enough. The blinding lights of a car shone into our eyes. I clasped her hand as tight as I could, and then,

We were gone.

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