Older Collier Landry Boyle

And then another 30, 60 seconds later, I hear another one of those loud thuds. And I remember thinking something terrible is happening. I then started hearing these footsteps creak slowly down the hall. And I always slept with my door open. So I'm curled up, but I can see out of my peripheral vision, the edge of the door into the hallway.

And then another 30, 60 seconds later, I hear another one of those loud thuds. And I remember thinking something terrible is happening. I then started hearing these footsteps creak slowly down the hall. And I always slept with my door open. So I'm curled up, but I can see out of my peripheral vision, the edge of the door into the hallway.

And I'm counting the footsteps and all I want to do is look up, but I'm just staying still. And then the footsteps stop and I can see two feet in the doorway. I can see them out of my peripheral vision and I can see my sailboat mural on the wall. And then I can see the Batman clock. and everything inside my body was screaming, don't look up.

And I'm counting the footsteps and all I want to do is look up, but I'm just staying still. And then the footsteps stop and I can see two feet in the doorway. I can see them out of my peripheral vision and I can see my sailboat mural on the wall. And then I can see the Batman clock. and everything inside my body was screaming, don't look up.

As I was laying there, the feet still in the doorway, I was telling myself if I can just make it through this moment, that I'm gonna be okay. And as I'm thinking about all that, The feet leave.

As I was laying there, the feet still in the doorway, I was telling myself if I can just make it through this moment, that I'm gonna be okay. And as I'm thinking about all that, The feet leave.

And I go downstairs and my father is sitting on the couch in the living room, watching television with a towel wrapped around his waist. Like he had just got done taking a shower. And I said to him, where is my mother? And he still was watching television. He didn't answer me. And I said, where is my mother? And he looked up at me. So matter of factly, well, mommy took a little vacation, Collier.

And I go downstairs and my father is sitting on the couch in the living room, watching television with a towel wrapped around his waist. Like he had just got done taking a shower. And I said to him, where is my mother? And he still was watching television. He didn't answer me. And I said, where is my mother? And he looked up at me. So matter of factly, well, mommy took a little vacation, Collier.

And I said, well, what, what happened? Well, your mother came down. She was hollering at me and she got so angry at me. She threw her credit cards at me. And then he said, I saw these headlights come through. I reached for my glasses. Your mother left. She starts walking away.

And I said, well, what, what happened? Well, your mother came down. She was hollering at me and she got so angry at me. She threw her credit cards at me. And then he said, I saw these headlights come through. I reached for my glasses. Your mother left. She starts walking away.

She walks through the kitchen, leaves out the back door, and she goes down the driveway, and I rush to go to the window, and I see her get into that car, and the car drives away. He goes, okay, so we're not gonna call the police. We're gonna let her come back. We're not gonna call the FBI. He leaves, and at that point, my grandmother has gotten up,

She walks through the kitchen, leaves out the back door, and she goes down the driveway, and I rush to go to the window, and I see her get into that car, and the car drives away. He goes, okay, so we're not gonna call the police. We're gonna let her come back. We're not gonna call the FBI. He leaves, and at that point, my grandmother has gotten up,

My grandmother says to me, okay, well, you heard what your father said?

My grandmother says to me, okay, well, you heard what your father said?

One of the things that I did is I saved my mother's friend's phone numbers. I wrote them all on a piece of paper and I stuck them in this little stuffed Garfield that I had, this little Santa Claus Garfield I stuck inside the hat. And my mother had just got a cordless phone.

One of the things that I did is I saved my mother's friend's phone numbers. I wrote them all on a piece of paper and I stuck them in this little stuffed Garfield that I had, this little Santa Claus Garfield I stuck inside the hat. And my mother had just got a cordless phone.

So I grab the phone, I run upstairs, I grab the list, I lock myself in my mother's bathroom and I just start calling everybody on the list. And I start telling them what happened, and I said, my father said not to call the police, but I'm telling you, call the police.

So I grab the phone, I run upstairs, I grab the list, I lock myself in my mother's bathroom and I just start calling everybody on the list. And I start telling them what happened, and I said, my father said not to call the police, but I'm telling you, call the police.

Dave told me when I was speaking to him that he would keep everything that we said secret. Because I didn't want to get in trouble. And I wanted to find my mother.

Dave told me when I was speaking to him that he would keep everything that we said secret. Because I didn't want to get in trouble. And I wanted to find my mother.