(This is way different than my usual writing so please be kind.

Big thank you to @Zwangjacket for the image and the creative help, to @leapservice who gave a ton of help structuring this first chapter and to @Shio-bari who I borrowed a picture from without asking. Please don’t mind. Please don’t mind. Please don’t mind. 🥰😈🥳🤷‍♀️)
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June 24, 2025, 9:05 PM Eastern Standard Time.  Cincinnati, Ohio.
 
“I know mom.  I know.  It’s just…yes…no…yes.  It’s terrible.  I hope they find her.”  Tina held the phone away from her ear while her mom rambled on, misappropriating Tina’s ordeal from however long ago.  Tina’s eyes drifted to the television.  News was scrolling.  Another woman abducted.  Missing now for two days.  Remains of the first were recovered.  A shuttered factory, full of machinery.  That was in the spring.  Today is so hot.  That poor girl…  
 
“I just can’t believe they haven’t caught him yet.  It’s all the same.  It’s the same monster that…”
 
“I have to go mom.  Love you.