Delaney Finally Calls
Hospital staff began asking Rowan questions.
How long had the children been alone?
When had they last eaten?
When had Elsie’s fever started?
Could he reach their mother?
Rowan didn’t yet have answers.
He only knew Micah had said they had gone days without proper food.
He knew Delaney had claimed they were going to a lake cabin.
And he knew both children had instead been left inside her rental house.
He pulled out his phone.
Called Delaney.
Voicemail.
Then the screen lit up in his hand.
Delaney was calling.
Rowan looked down at Micah.
Pressed the answer button.
And said:
“Tell me where you are.”
The supplied source ends here.
It does not reveal:
where Delaney actually is,
why she left the children alone,
how long they were unattended,
Elsie’s diagnosis or recovery,
what Delaney told the children about contacting Rowan,
or the final custody/legal outcome.
So I have not invented those missing events or an ending.
