The missing persons case opened seventy-two hours after she was seen last. They put amber alerts all through the county searching for her for weeks, but she was never found. Until her mysterious return, everyone thought she was dead.
Frank gave the ice some rock salt leading up to his front door. His guests were clumsy people, so he tried to tie down all the risk factors this winter. There was very little parking in his neighborhood, so they had to contend with that as well. The family dinner was set for 5 o' clock. Even though he wasn't cooking, it was ultimately up to him to have the food ready on time. At some point, he thought he hallucinated his lost daughter.
She turned out to be real. "Daddy, what's wrong?"
"For years," he cried. "You've been missing for 2 years.