Cirrus: “You know what I would do in your shoes? Pack up the stuff you want to keep, sell the rest, then find a new house to start fresh in.”

Eden: “But what if mom and dad come back while I’m not here?”

Cirrus: “Let me worry about that. You just started a new career and pretty soon you might even have a new family with Adalyn. Focus on that and let me worry about the rest. I am the oldest, after all.”

Cirrus: “

It’s been three weeks now.

Just give up, Eden. Mom and dad are gone.”

Eden: “They wouldn’t leave without saying good-bye! I think they were elder-napped!”

Cirrus: “You seriously still think they were taken? What would someone want with a couple of old aliens?”

Eden: “Do you think someone picked them up in the night and took them back to our home planet? I remember them talking about accidentally breaking their employment contacts or something.”

Cirrus: “I don’t think we’ll ever know.”