Even more humiliated.
And possibly injured.
Just thinking about it was awful.
"You."
The man shook his head at the woman's carelessness.
"Be careful."
"Officer."
The man turned to the officer on the other side.
"Thank you."
Your eyes were fixed behind you.
You listened closely.
"You're going to look for the child!"
"No one told you anything!"
"What did he hear?"
"I'm sorry."
I don't know what kind of state you're in right now...
The girl's whereabouts were unknown... her life or death uncertain...
The woman looked at the officer again.
"How does he know where the child is?"
You've got me feeling a little uneasy, too.
I was a little frightened.
"Did you hear that?"
"Do you know where the child is now?"
The missing child was all that occupied the couple's thoughts.
"Shh!"
"...Sorry."
As if they'd heard something unbelievable...
They both saw the bewilderment on each other's faces.
The man reached out to pry the woman's fingers from his wrist.
The Great White Fox regarded the little girl with suspicion.
But...
"Child, where are you?"
The woman murmured.
What else could it be?
"Careful, you'll fall."
Either something was wrong with them, or... something was wrong with the woman.
To prevent anything from happening.
The officer's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little.
After all, finding the child was the police's job.
He softened his tone.
The umbrella flapped in the wind and rain.
They hadn't found their daughter, and hadn't even gotten the slightest news about her...
But it hadn't worked.
The woman opened her mouth. "What?"
The sudden change in the woman's expression startled the man.
That place was... a cliff.
A faint pain spread through her.
After half a second of stunned silence, the man turned