Missing in Action

Alice is nowhere to be found.

It's been two nights.

Granted, she texted yesterday to say that she was staying at her cousin's because it was a holiday (arguably, not *her* holiday, since she's Christian, but whatever, it's not like I went to work on Christmas), and today, she texted to say that she was going to her previous family's house to pick up some belongings.

But that was about 7 hours ago.

Daddy is getting madder by the minute. I keep defending her (mostly because the thought of starting from scratch with the housemaid search makes me break out in hives). And the kids look a little perplexed whenever I mutter to them under my breath, "WHERE IS ALICE??" (probably not a fair line of inquiry, but occasionally their youth and innocence garners a legitimate theory).

Stay tuned...