Dale was phoning me, I instantly felt the earth and joy ease my soul. My siblings were right and this time around, my instincts were wrong. I knew I shouldn't have been so worried. He was safe and he had a reason for his explanation. "Dale where on earth have you been? Where did you go? Why didn't you inform anyone? Do you know how worried I was?" I said all at once without pause. "Um... Lana?" The voice that called back brought my smile upside down. "Renee? You're with Dale?" I asked, hoping she'd say that she was. "I wish I were but I'm not." She sounded choked. "We spoke with the school principal and he gave us Dale's phone, we were told it was found lying around on the floor at the back of the school. The screen is cracked and I don't know..." She was saying but the anger in me w