Missing Sam

Surely Sam would’ve finished her run a long time ago? Ali, on the other hand, had been dating women since she was fourteen, first keeping them a secret from her conservative Indian Muslim family and then, being openly defiant. He pulls out a photograph from a file folder and hands it to Sam. “Police in Youngstown arrested this guy yesterday in connection with the abduction of two schoolgirls. The police are no closer to making an arrest than they were last August, which means that Sam becomes jumpy and anxious if a man looks at her for a second longer than necessary.