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VANISHED AWAY
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1. On the train
Satomi walked through the train. It was dark outside.
The front cars were full of passengers, but as she moved towards the back of the train
there were fewer and fewer people.
Where was Miki? Her friend had picked up her purse and said she was going to thebathroom. That was an hour ago. She hadn’t come back. Satomi tried calling her, butMiki’s phone was turned off. Was Miki sick? What had happened? Where was she?
Satomi checked the bathrooms as she went. They were all empty.
Finally, she was in the last car. It was empty, and someone had turned off the lights.
She saw a dim sign that said “bathrooms” at the far end. She felt her way towards it. Her
leg touched something soft and silky. It was hair!
Shaking like a leaf, Satomi took out her mobile phone and turned on the light. Awoman was lying across two seats, her head rolled back almost touching the floor. She
let the light sweep over the young woman’s face. It was not Miki. Satomi was sure thiswoman was dead. She turned and ran. She ran back towards the light and people.
In the third car back she found a conductor.
“Excuse me! Excuse me! There’s a woman in the last car. I think she is dead!”“Where?”“I’ll show you.”
The conductor called his partner and they walked back. When they got to the door of
the last car, Satomi couldn’t go in. She pointed. Her hand was shaking.
“In there.”
One of the conductors turned on the lights. Satomi leant against the wall outside thecar.
She could hear the men moving and talking quietly.
They came back. “I suppose you think it’s a good joke. Telling us such lies,” said oneof the conductors. He was young, and looked annoyed.
Satomi stared. “What do you mean?”“There’s no one there. But of course you knew that, didn’t you?”“There was someone there. There was!”The second conductor was older and kinder.
“Perhaps someone came back here to sleep. And now she’s gone. You must havemade a mistake. Perhaps she was sleeping and you woke her up. She left this scarf
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He pointed to the scarf in his colleague’s hand.
Satomi raced to the door and looked in. There was no one there.
“Oh. I am so sorry. I was only looking for my friend. I don't know where she is. You
must think I am crazy. Please forgive me.”“Go back to your seat. And don’t go walking around the train again!” The first
conductor looked angry.
“OK, I won’t. I am so sorry.”
The men started walking back and Satomi followed them. She was still shaking, andshe was very, very worried.
I won’t go back to where we were sitting. I’ll find another seat. Satomi knew she must
try to sort the puzzle out. The scarf the man had found belonged to Miki. The last time
she had seen Miki, it had been around her neck.
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