Christine at Stine Writing is our host and has given us this picture to work with this week.
This picture shows the image of a young girl standing on the edge of a water source, by herself, but there is a reflection of her and another girl in the water.
She had been so lonely, but now she had a friend. Mamma and Papa didn’t believe her, but Nanny did. Nanny even knew her friend from years ago, and Sophie had promised she would only play with Stella when Nanny was present.
Stella had so many stories to tell, and Sophie was intrigued because she too had been an only child. She was too young to understand what had happened and saw her friend as magical and all knowing.

Her sister vanished two years ago, it was a kidnapping that went horribly wrong, and the body was never found.  They shared a special connection and Amy was still waiting for her sister Amanda to return to her.  Amy’s parents had given up on ever seeing Amanda returning home, consequently they purchased a plot and a tombstone so they could go to her grave and grieve for their lovely daughter.  Amanda was in Amy’s dreams every night, even though she would never see her again.  Amanda’s parents left the ransom money for the kidnapper, but when he went to collect it, he saw a police car, and since he warned them not to involve the police or the FBI, he took off running.  He called them and told them that it is their fault that he killed their little girl.  That police car happened to be chasing after a flasher…