Lost

**Incandescent sunlight shone down on the clearing, turning the tips of the trees emerald whilst the rest of their slender bodies remained cloaked in shadow.

The sky was an azure blue; like a diamond, clear and glinting.

A soft breeze russled the crisp green leaves and blew faint ripples onto the glassy surface of the water.

Birds were tweeting and bees were humming.

And amidst this serenity lay a corpse, washed up at the side of the lake. Yellow tape encircling it, yet it was never known who committed the crime. Ambulances patiently waiting as they attempted to contact family, friends, anyone.

A little boy joined the scene then. He wanted to know what was going on.

Curiously, he peered around the ambulance and saw a girl lying on the floor.

He wanted to help her but how could he?

An arm motioned him away from the body, but he shied away from it.

Knowing what he had to do, he ran from the gloomy scene.

He needed to tell someone.

He had to.**

Staying away for the holidays, Alice realises all is not what it seems. To living with close family friends whom she can't recall, and the gorgeous boy who seems to be stalking her, maybe this break wasn't such a good idea.