The letter had arrived on the last day of final exams. Ashley had stumbled into her apartment, arm in arm with her roommate after a celebratory night out and it had lain on the kitchen counter, right where she'd left it before leaving for the test. She'd downed a glass of water, sliced open the blue envelope, and promptly burst into tears. Or, her mother's been missing for two weeks and the more questions she asks, the less straightforward her mother's disappearance becomes.
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