Where Is She by Kayla Parent

Where Is She?

Tiffany: Do you hear that?

Mom: Hear what?

Tiffany: There's a baby crying.

Mom: I'm not home.

Mom: Wait until I get back.

Tiffany: It's coming from the basement.

Mom: Don't go down there, Tiff.

Mom: What? Why not?

Mom: There's something about your father I haven't told you.

Tiffany: Mom, there's a baby. I can hear it.

Mom: Honey, please ignore it until I get home.

Tiffany: How am I supposed to do that?!

Tiffany: It's getting louder...

Mom: Don't go down there.

Mom: I'm warning you.

Tiffany: OMG MOM -

Tiffany: Are you not grasping the situation here?!

Tiffany: There is a random baby crying in the basement!

Mom: I know.

Mom: Just stay in your room.

Tiffany: Hold on... I think it stopped.

Tiffany: I don't hear anything.

Mom: Good.

Tiffany: I'm going downstairs to check.

Tiffany: OMG

Mom: Tiffany please stay upstairs and wait for me!

Tiffany: Mom, I'm not staying upstairs!

Tiffany: I want to know what's going on.

Mom: You're so stubborn, just like your father.

Mom: Where are you now?

Mom: Tiffany?

Tiffany: It stopped.

Mom: What?

Tiffany: The crying. It just stopped suddenly.

Tiffany: I'm putting my ear up to the basement door...

Tiffany: It's totally quiet down there.

Tiffany: Something doesn't feel right.

Tiffany: Why would the crying just stop?

Mom: I don't know the answer to that.

Tiffany: Do you know why there's a baby in the basement?!

Mom: We'll talk when I get home.

Tiffany: Mom, why are you being so elusive?

Tiffany: I want to know what the hell is going on.

Mom: Soon.

5 minutes later

Tiffany: Are you coming in or not?

Mom: Huh? I'm still about 20 minutes away.

Tiffany: Didn't you just pull in the driveway?

Mom: No

Mom: Why would you think that?

Tiffany: I heard a car door slam about five minutes ago.

Mom: That wasn't me.

Tiffany: WTF?

Tiffany: It must be dad.

Tiffany: But why wouldn't he come in?