The Photographer's Curse

Warning this story is disturbing. I found my sister's diary three years after she disappeared.

The police had searched our house twice and found nothing. But there it was, tucked behind a

loose board in her closet that I discovered while cleaning out her room. The entries started

normal. School drama. Crush on some boy. Then she mentioned him.

A man who started showing up at her bus stop. Always friendly. Always helpful.

He told her he was a photographer and thought she had a unique look. My hands shook as

I read further. She met him in secret. He promised to make her famous. The last entry was

dated the day before she vanished. She wrote that she was excited because he finally invited