Once the computer was up and running, Maggie plugged in the first drive. The suspense was almost killing Maggie while the virus scanner checked it. After what felt like far too long, it went ‘ding’ and informed her that everything was OK. Maggie quickly opened the drive to see that it contained a single video file. She double-clicked it and leaned closer.
Sixty-year-old Charlotte’s face filled the screen. “OK, this feels a little weird,” she said. “But if you’re watching this, I’ve been declared dead. I’m guessing you have quite a few questions so I’ll try to give you some answers. First of all: How did I find you. Well, in 1996 I managed to track down Tommy. He was taken in 1990, by the way.” Charlotte held up a photo. Despite the sickly appearance of the man in the picture, Maggie recognised Tommy.