Hitting Close to Home

A fellow writer has been sharing her story with me and I am so worried. Her daughter's best friend, 10 years old, disappeared Friday night. She was walking from my friend's house to her own home. They live 5 blocks apart. She never made it home. My friend is mad with worry and grief. And guilt. She doesn't drive but she now feels like she should have walked her home even though the child called her mother prior to leaving. The story has now made it to the Nancy Grace show, I watched it last night with sadness in my heart.