People came to help. Teachers, neighbors, and even strangers formed search groups organized by her school.
Our parents didn’t sleep much for days.
The police got involved in the search. But days turned into weeks, and then into silence.
Eventually, the conversations changed. People stopped saying “when she comes back” and started speaking about her in the past tense.
Adele’s disappearance took a toll on our parents, especially when the police said that she was most likely dead.