Chapter 4

I'd personally picked it out online. Pink, with a cat paw stand, because Lily loved cats most.

I walked over, trying to make my voice sound gentle.

"Hey there, where did you get this phone?"

The boy looked up at me and instinctively hid the phone behind his back.

"Is it yours?"

"N-no." His voice was very small, eyes evasive.

"I'm not a bad person."

I crouched down to his eye level. "The owner of this phone is my good friend. She's lost. I'm looking for her. Can you tell me where you found it?"

The boy pressed his lips…