Nameless

Chapter 6

I knew there were news stories all the time about missing children and their worried parents. Parents of the missing child would be reported as searching frantically all over trying to find their child. The suspected abductors' pictures would be blown up and plastered all over the town where the child was taken from and above their picture would be the word, "WANTED."
I'd never seen any news story that involved a three year old girl named Sadie Hall from Alabama.
The paper in the envelope was faded in some parts. Not all, but some.
I made out all of the words that I could.
" 'MISSING CHILD- SADIE MARIE HALL
Parents: Adam & Debbie Hall.
Birth Date: MAY 10 OF 1990.
Hgt: 3'4
Sex: FEMALE
Eye Color: BLUE
Hair Color: BLONDE
Sibling(s): TWO BROTHERS; JOHN(AGE 6) JIM(AGE 12)
CHILD WAS REPORTED MISSING ON SEPTEMBER NINTH OF THE YEAR 1992. CHILD WAS TWO YEARS OF AGE. SAID TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN WHILE CLEANING UP FRONT YARD AFTER HER BROTHERS WENT INSIDE THEIR ALABAMA HOME. TIME TAKEN WAS REPORTED AT AROUND FIVE P. M. IF SEEN, PLEASE NOTIFY POLICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SUSPECTS ARE SAID TO HAVE TAKEN THE CHILD AND LEFT THE STATE.' "
I didn't want to know who the suspects were. I didn't want to know who Sadie was. I didn't want to know her brothers. I didn't want to know who her parents were. I didn't want to know anything.
Everything made sense.
If this girl was taken in 1992, but was born in 1990, it would make her 19 in 2009, which was this year.
I was only 17, but passed for 20 when buying drinks at parties and whatnot.
My eye color was blue.
My hair color was blonde.
I didn't want to know who the suspects were. But I had to know. I kept reading.
" 'SUSPECTS: CHARLIE AND ANNABELLE CARTER. BOTH 31. NEIGHBORS OF THE HALLS, MOVED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1992.' "
Charlie and Annabelle Carter. The only aspect that didn't make sense.
I flipped to the back of the page.
" 'MISSING CHILD SADIE HALL FOUND DEAD IN CONNECTICUT. CARTERS' ARRESTED FOR ABDUCTION, MURDER, AND TORTURING THE GIRL. GIRL WAS SAID TO HAVE AGED FIVE BEFORE STARVING TO DEATH. FOUND IN BACKYARD OF THE CARTERS' HOME."
It wasn't me.
But, why did my parents have this?
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The only room in our house that I have never been in would be my dad's office. He'd go in and work and work and work until the sun went down. He came out for meals only, and the occasional fight with my mother.
His office was his safe place, a safe haven.
I now noticed that I didn't have a safe place. Obviously, Jim made me feel safe, but now, having people follow me home, where was my safe place?
I never thought I'd have to go in my father's office. Maybe sometime I would have to go get him for dinner, maybe to get a writing utensil, I didn't know.
Maybe I could sneak in without him knowing.
Who was this Sadie girl, and why did my parents have her missing notice in our house?