“‘Augustine didn’t know where they were going to sleep tonight. She couldn’t go back home with Justice. His father not knowing their whereabouts was the only advantage she had. The late morning was bright but unusually cool. The sky was a lazy powder-blue, and the streets she was walking were calm after Saturday night’s mischief. She stuffed her handbag with nappies and a bottle. She threw a few things into a small backpack, picked her baby up in a hurry and ran from her boyfriend’s house, while he was at the grocery store getting a roast. There wasn’t enough time to search his house for money. They had to get out.

From ‘The Day She Disappeared’ – included in the showcase