At a break in the conversation, Michael looked up to find Beth, like he had a few minutes earlier, but he couldn’t see her. “Where’s Beth?” he asked, trying not to panic because most likely, he was just unable to see her.
“Dunno,” Eric said.
“Help me look, would you?!” Michael snapped as he got up from the bench. He walked quickly over to the wooden jungle gym where she had been playing, but found she wasn’t there. “Beth!! BETH!” he called out, frantically searching the rest of the playground, but his baby girl was nowhere in sight.