The Missed Season

My engagement party.

That’s when they snatched me. The family? They covered it up.

Had my sister, Brittany, take my place. They figured I staged the whole thing. After the party?

Everyone hated my guts. Dad, face red with rage.

“Even if she comes back, she’s not my daughter. She’s better off dead.”

Mom, all disappointment.

“We never should have brought her back from Grandma’s. So embarrassing.”

Even Jake, my fiancé.

“She went too far this time. I won’t marry her. Not anymore.”

The kidnappers?

They tortured me for a month. Then, guess who saved me?

Liam.