I Am Alive
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'Maelee Adams, only ten years old when she was taken from her family's home in Phoenix, Arizona, was found today. Her body beaten and burned to such a degree that authorities had to use her dental records to identify her. Maelee had been missing for four years before her body resurfaced. Her brutal murder serving as a warning to all parents to watch out for strange people or cars loitering in their neighborhoods...'
"But you stopped looking."
...
Finally free from her capturer, Maelee and her newborn daughter, Bella, search for her parents and the life that was taken from her eight years ago. Haunted by the time when she was believed to be "dead" she must survive in making a new life for herself and Bella while avoiding the lingering gaze of the prominent officer in charge of her case.
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