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... It was a few years before Ami realized that Brittanie didn't go to a mental facility. She surmised later that the men drove north on route 20 to a large city, Tallahassee perhaps, but more likely Atlanta or Charleston. Some where that a naked teenage body found dead in a gutter of an apparent overdose wouldn't even earn a headline. Some where that the ME's saw so many dead runaways that the examination was cursory at best. Where they might not notice any signs of recent repeated drug use. Where they might even see the signs when they weren't there. (Exposure would have been a better cause of death but they wouldn"t have had the time.)

... At the time Ami put this scenario together she felt sad for Brittanie's family. They would never even know she was gone. Ami wondered how long the threat of a third visit by Frank or David would protect Brittanie's sister.

... A few months later Ami realized Brittanie's family had been dead for years.