Chapter 50

• Back at the police station, they had just returned from their search… Ryan sat silently in the back of the police van, his mind consumed by worry. The officers around him engaged in tired chatter, their voices tinged with frustration.
• "Finding someone without a photo of them can be hard," one officer grumbled.
• As they pulled into the station parking lot, the van came to a halt, and one by one, the officers climbed out. It seemed as though they were giving up, resigning to the possibility that Azalea might never be found.