Eleanor Neale
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So for that reason, he didn't bother shouting over to her.
He was like, oh, she'll probably be back in a bit anyway.
But when he did look out of the door, he saw Anna and this boy walking in the direction of a park named St.
Catherine's Park.
However, they weren't actually like walking together, weirdly enough.
They were walking... it seemed the boy was quite far in front of Anna and they weren't talking, so kind of weird but... About 15-20 minutes after Anna left the house, her mother Geraldine finished work and so she grabbed her phone and returned the call from Anna from earlier.
But when she did, it went straight to Anna's voicemail.
which wasn't like her.
She was normally very good at keeping her phone charged and answering the thing, but she wasn't too concerned, to be honest, because she was literally on the train home.
She knew that she was about to see Anna in like 10 minutes, so she didn't bother calling again or anything.
When Geraldine did arrive home, she walked into the house and saw her husband, Patrick, and she was like, oh, where's Anna?
And he was like, oh, she went out with some boy.
Some boy came and called for her and they went out to the park.
And as soon as Geraldine heard this, it immediately worried her.
Now, for a lot of parents, it wouldn't worry them to hear that their kid has gone out to the park with a friend.
Very normal kind of stuff.
But not for Anna, remember?
She didn't have friends.
She didn't go to the park with friends.
It's very sad, but she didn't.