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Chapter 4: News in Bothwellhigh

Oliver wasn't believed his ears. A girl? Missing? Nothing never happened here. Some kids who stoled some candy at the corner shop was truly the worst crime that never happenned at Bothwellhigh, a little town less than 1,000 inhabitants (counting the cow), located in northern England. So someone missing... Or worst... No impossible. He must have misheard. Yeah. A girl missing, that just un-

-I was so scared that you would disappear too!

Oh god.

His mother was now hugging him.

-They think she lost herself in the wood...

Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.

-I... I know you like to go there with your friends but... Please could you not... We... We can invite Caroline at home. Or... You could go to her place... Just... Not in the wood any more.

-But... I... I...

The wood is like my second home! Oh god I have to tell that to Coraline!

-...Ok mum... I understand...

-Good. Thank you dear. May god be with you.

-Yeah... I'm sure he will...

If he doesn't hate me of course...

-Come in baby, it's nearly dinner time...

-Yes mummy...

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-Hey, I'm home!

Shouted Coraline after open the door. No respond... Eh, they must be at work. She started to walk into the empty corridor in direction of the kitchen.

She grabed an apple and take a look at the news paper on the counter. She started to shook after reading the first sentence.

"MISSING IN BOTHWELLHIGH!"

The fuck!?

"Today, during the afternoon, was report the disappearance of a young lady."

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

"The research got oriented into the forest."

Why aren't I surprise...

"The authorities advise to not go near to the forest as long as the young lady went missing."

Don't worry I will not. I'm not that crazy... Fuck, Oliver! She throw the paper across the room and run into her room.

-Fuck this shit, where is it! It's not that long sin- Here it is!

The wonderful object that she brandished was... A shitty walkie talkie pink with hello kitty on it... Clearly not her idea to take that design but Oliver's.

-What is the stupid code again... Uuh! Fuck the code! OLIVER YOU BETTER ANSWER STUPID IDIOT!! Over.

...

-Yeah, I'm here! Over.

-Thanks Satan! Do you hear about the girl? Over.

-Yeah! What are we gonna do? Over.

-Oh oh oh. Nothing mister "I-got-no-survive-instinct"! Nothing at all we not gonna go to the wood, we not gonna investigate and we not-

-But Coraline! There's a girl missing! Do you imagine if she's still alive and just lost! Over.

-They said it's been nearly three days! Three days and nights in that cold and dangerous forest! Could you imagine that!? Over.

-... Coraline... Please... Maybe not into the forest but... Just investigate a little bit... Over.