Aiden called in sick to work the next two days and spent most of his time in his family's apartment with his little sister, who had been plagued by nightmares. She had gotten so little sleep that their mother didn't make her go to school.
He tried to distract her as best he could. They played endless board games and two-player video games that Sophie actually liked (such as Mario Kart). It seemed to be helping a little but the dark circles under her eyes only got worse over time.
Poor kid. She should be worrying about which colleges she wanted to apply to, not about a murder. Who exactly had she found, anyway? And why did that body have to be in his family's neighborhood?
He got his answer around dinner time two days after the incident. Sophie's phone rang while their mother was putting a casserole in the oven. Her face turned white as she listened mutely, eventually saying thank you and hanging up.
"Who was that?" Aiden asked with a frown.
