I kept her secret. I kept silent - I should have spoken up. I used to wonder why she called me Danny; she told me it was for short. I used to think to myself 'Danny, well that takes just as long to say as my normal name.' But nothing Laura did made a lot of sense. The little tomboy with tangled blonde hair and hand-me-down clothes from her cousins was different from other …showed first 75 words of 994 total…

…showed last 75 words of 994 total…he lifted the heavy white door open. He screamed at me to go away but I was paralysed with sickness and fear. I knew what had happened before I got a look. There she was the little tomboy with tangled blonde hair and hand-me-down clothes. She was frozen and blue and she didn't move. She just lay dead in her hiding spot. I kept her secret. I kept silent - Why didn't I speak up?