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the news yesterday. Every chance you get to appear on TV is valuable in keeping the case before the public and getting Olivia’s face out there.”
    “It worked in the Elizabeth Smart case,” said Rachel. The detective didn’t add to that.

    After McKenna had left, Rachel went to her room and called him on his cell.
    “There’s something else I didn’t want to say in front of my parents, and you can’t tell them either. I went to Transcendence House yesterday and spent the night there as a runaway.”
    “Go on.”
    “One of the boys there told me that Olivia had been a prostitute. A ‘stone ho,’ he said.”
    “Who told you this?”
    “His name is Brother Horace. He’s a runaway there. And I believe him.”
    “Rachel, don’t do that again. Stay home and give your parents support. Anything else?”
    “Yes. The priest who runs that place. Father Massey―he said that when they went on a retreat with the staff of Transcendence House, that Olivia had separated from the group. That he found her a half mile away sitting in a stream with her street clothes on. That can’t be. Olivia went camping with us when she was ten and we were playing in a river. She went out too far and got caught in a whirlpool that sucked her under. She was drowning in five feet of water. It took my father and five other men to pull her out, the suction was so strong. From that day on, she never went near water again.”



achel was logged into Yahoo Messenger waiting for Achara to appear. While she waited, she looked through the porn site for anyone who looked like her sister.
    Three-thirty a.m. and no Achara. Rachel was getting worried. She nodded off.
    She awoke from a clouded sleep and reached for the mouse to bring the screen back to life. It was four-twenty in the morning. Achara was calling her online.
    Hi. U there?? Please be there.
    Hi,
Rachel scrambled to type.
Been waiting 4u.
    Sorry late. Hard to get away. Any news about passport???
    Rachel’s heart sank.
Not yet. As soon as I get it, I’ll send it. I promise you.
    I find out how much money I need for bribe officials. It a lot of money.
    How much?
    I need 2000 USD. You have money for me?
    Oh my God
, thought Rachel,
it might as well be two million
.
    Achara, I don’t have that right now. But I’ll get it somehow. I promise.
    Not much time left. They take me away soon. I don’t want them get suspicious to me. They trust me to go buy beer. I save a little money, but only enough for ten minutes of Internet. You have cam?
    No cam either.
    I like to see your face. When I see your face, I pretend I look in the mirror. U r so beautiful.
    Rachel accepted the invite and Achara’s face materialized. She seemed to have aged since last time. Her hair was unwashed and she had a bruise under her right eye.
    Your eye.
    Customer hit me. I fight him back. I always fight back.
    Keep fighting, baby, I’ll get you out of there. Can you go to a relative or friend’s house until I can help you?
    No. Tong knows my relative address. He can send men to get me. Nowhere to hide. You still help me?
    Of course. I don’t want anyone hurting you until I get you out.
    Don’t worry. I’m very strong. But u r my only hope. I have plan to get out, but just need your help. Passport, money. I hate to ask.
    Rachel could see she was losing faith that her own sister would help her.
    I promise you, I will get you out.
She didn’t know how she was going to keep that promise, but she’d keep it if it killed her.
    When I see you again?
    Day after tomorrow.
Rachel hoped that this would be enough time for the passport to arrive―but had Olivia even applied for it?
    God bless you.

    It was six in the morning when Rachel found it. The blood rushed out of her head as she witnessed Olivia in bed having sex with a forty-year-old man. The scene was uploaded two months ago. And her name was Tia. She watched it all the way through, then she watched it again. She held her cell phone in her hand for a half hour before