Sophia squeezed her hand reassuringly: “Let’s call mom and dad. They’ve been so worried about you. They were out in the car looking for you all night”. Emily smiled. “What?” Sophia asked suspiciously. “Ah, nothing. It’s just that I thought our whole family was wiped out when I arrived in an empty house”, Emily said. “I was slowly losing my mind..”, she took a short pause and then continued: “But maybe things aren’t as bad as I thought they were. We just need to find an explanation for what happened to me after I went to the beach.”
Emily and Sophia hurried back to Emily’s house, eager to reunite with their parents. As they walked up the driveway, the front door flew open. Their mom and dad came rushing out, faces etched with worry. “Emily! Oh my god, Emily is that you?”, her mom cried as she ran towards them. But then suddenly she stopped, confusion replacing fear.