The World Outside My Window

THE WORLD OUTSIDE MY WINDOW CLARE SWATMAN For Jeanne with love CONTENTS Prologue I. Lost Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 II. Searching Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 III. Found Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Epilogue Acknowledgments More from Clare Swatman Also by Clare Swatman About the Author About Boldwood Books PROLOGUE MARCH 1991 It was almost midnight, as it often was by the time I staggered out of the restaurant after a long shift. Rain had transformed the pavements and roads into slick, shimmering lakes, PART I LOST 1 17 SEPTEMBER 1992 Laura Parks hasn’t left her home for more than eighteen months. Neither has she spoken to another soul apart from her husband, Jim, and best friend, Debbie,