Jumping in my car, I drove along the kids’ route home from school.
‘Somer,’ I cried.
Spotting a police officer, I asked him for help.
He followed me home and spoke to Samuel and Abigail – then a huge search got underway.
As darkness fell, and I thought of my 7-year-old out in the world alone, I was thinking the worst.
‘Someone’s got her,’ I wept to my parents Debbie, then 58, and Phil, 57.
Next day, despite the whole community searching, there was still no sign of Somer.
Her siblings were distraught – especially Samuel, who couldn’t stand to be apart from her.
