two weeks later

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Stef s: POV
It's been two whole weeks and still no word on our missing daughter. We ended up leaving the cabin because it was filled with to many painful memories of our little girl, we found a cottage three miles away. It was a lot bigger than the cabin we rented, the place we have now has five bedrooms and three full size bathrooms, we posted flyers all around town with Francesca's picture on it. This has taken a lot of out of my wife and I physically mentally and emotionally
My parents and Lena's came down to be with us in our time of need, the Day we came back from the police station. We had a long talk with our oldest son Brandon about everything that was going on, he seemed to understand what we were saying,
I called my mom who knew right away something was wrong so she took the first flight out to come down to be with us. My father in law Stuart
Was already on his way here after Lena called him crying on the phone
Once she calm down she told him everything that happened, we both took a leave of absence from our jobs until further notice. Our bosses were sympathetic to what we were going through and told us to take all the time we needed, l called Mariana's folks telling them we couldn't take her for the summer. Cause we were dealing with a family matter, after talking to them for over an hour.
I didn't go into full detail about what happened to Francesca, we wanted to keep it within the family. I've been trying to get Lena to rest she barely sleeps at night and when she does she wakes up crying, this whole thing hurting us both in different ways
Detective Rollins and lieutenant Benson Cabot haven't called to give us an update on the case. Somebody has to know or seen something, these people up here in the mountains are rather strange. I just feel like where missing a big piece of the puzzle, none said anything about the foot prints. I wonder if Francesca went outside, while we were all upstairs in our rooms. She always liked exploring outdoors, we would have heard her scream. Unless the person who took her, gag her to the point she passed out. There is so many what if's as l try to piece everything together in my head, l'm trying to remain optimistic
Lena's barely holding on. I should be out there searching along with the police, l don't wanna mess things with their investigation. So l sit here counting down the days, mom said she'll call as soon as her plane lands
Then l'll have to go pick her up at the airport. I turned on the TV to find a movie or show, l ended turning to the News. Missing man Brian Williams has escape from the penitentiary. He was sentence to life in prison for killing his wife and daughter, he's a  sociopath. We asked everyone to keep your children in the house at all times
Mr. Williams is a very dangerous individual, who will hurt anyone that gets in his way. Stef stares at the picture on the screen, the blonde hopes this guy doesn't have her daughter. She writes down the number she sees on the TV. Then Stef changed the channel to something else,

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