Ava's Sudden Disappearance

The day was busy from start to end. Just as I thought the work was winding down, Benjamin said the warehouse inventory was done, and we needed a quick meeting.

I hurried to the small conference room. I needed to get back soon and surprise my daughter.

The morning scene hadn't faded from my mind. I was sure my daughter felt the same. Let them look, I stubbornly decided. I wanted to see how they felt.

After all, Ava was a child of the Murphy family.

But to my surprise, the meeting ended abruptly. Before it was over, I received a frantic call from my mother, sobbing and wailing. She said Ava was missing.

This was a nightmare come true. I didn't even bother to wrap up the meeting and rushed out. How could an obedient child like her just vanish?

I descended the stairs, and Carol followed. She took the car keys from my hand, hopped in, and we sped out of the underground parking lot.

We made it back to Amethyst Apartments. From a distance,

I saw my mother on her knees, gasping between sobs. I hurried over, "Mom, please don't cry. How did Ava disappear?”

My dad, his face pale, explained the sequence of events. My mom said that after bringing Ava home, she played happily in the yard.

gate was open. Ava

felt off, so she called me. Typically,

had also

and suggested, "Isn't there surveillance?Check

had installed surveillance in my yard, but

exceptional circumstances, I never bothered to

and opened the surveillance footage, scrolled to today's date, and then searched for the relevant time. One by

the scene where my

my father had said, she happily

black car suddenly pulled up in

seemed to pause momentarily, and Ava immediately dropped her shovel and ran toward the gate. She looked so

opened the gate, the car had

onto the gate's handle with the other,

her glance back into the house before she ran toward the direction the car

shock. I watched it

clip. It seems like she went

see Ava's tiny figure running further inside, gradually disappearing from

and said, "Chlo, don't worry. Keep watching the video to see if the car

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