Dorothy Newell
speaker
843 appearances
11 recordings
6 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 6 Jul
Dorothy Newell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I slipped into my tent and zipped the flap up behind me.
I spread out my sleeping bag, but I had no intention of sleeping.
No, there was too much on my mind.
I took Mom's phone, ran my fingers over the case, wished I was with her instead.
The feeling of being in the path of catastrophe had lingered, intensified, and I struggled to remain calm, to keep my fight-or-flight instincts in check.
Something was terribly wrong, but what?
Sure, Dad was acting strangely, but I was misinterpreting the signs.
Was he just wrestling with grief from his ruined marriage?
The phone buzzed in my hand, startling me.
I dropped it onto my lap.
The bump must have jostled something as the part of the screen became clearer, displaying a single text message before it turned black.
I blinked, unable to believe what I'd seen, covering my mouth as the tears formed.
It was from Claire, my aunt, and the all-caps text read, WHERE ARE YOU?
I kicked out, pushed myself away from the phone as if it were hot and could burn me,
Apparently mom had intended to visit my aunt, but she never made it.
The contents of my stomach writhed like eels as I considered a plausible explanation.
Did she get caught in traffic?
Was she injured in an accident?
Did she ever leave the house?
From outside the tent, the silvery clink of an empty bottle being dropped and quiet sobbing.
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