Bare Feet

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"Maxine Parks."

"Great. That's great." She pulled out a flip note book and a pen. "Maxine, can you tell me where you've been?"

"No."

"Maxine, this is really very crucial to your case, we-,"

"Stop. She doesn't know. She doesn't remember anything. She came to my class, she thinks it's, well. You know." He looked down, and Maxine stared out the glass walls watching for her parents. Officer Dawson nodded and leaned back, closing her notebook and tucking it back into her jacket with the pen.

"Maxine, we've been looking for you for four years. Do you understand? You've been missing, for four years."

---Cover by thebrokenplaces---