Chapter 184

Derek POV

The texts were mostly about an anxious Katy asking her where she was or when she would return. The replies from Clara were mostly the same, reassuring as she texted that she would be back soon and that everything was alright. I didn't know what Katy was so worried about.

"She never sends a text without a full stop at the end," Katy pointed out. With the back of her hand, she wiped the tears off her cheeks. "And here..." She pointed again. "She texted O-K, Clara would never do that. She always writes it out in full as Okay. This is not her. Someone else has been using her phone." She concluded.

I placed the phone on my desk. Her reasoning was absurd, but I was not about to say that to an emotional teenage girl deeply worried about her sister.

"Did you try calling her?" I asked instead.

"Just once, but she sounded very strange. We only spoke for about ten seconds before she cut us off. Something is wrong." She continued.

I didn't know what to make of all of this. For all I kn