“For Christ’s sake, June. You only took one pill,” Will said, helping her to her feet. “Okay, you and Rosie go up to the house. See if you can find Hunter. It’s time to go home. I’ll look for Maddie.”

Will scanned the water, but he didn’t see any sign of her. His heart was beating hard. Had she been in the water? He walked up and down the edge of the river, calling her name and trying not to sound as panicked as he felt. He knew that he was drunk, and he couldn’t tell if that was making him more or less worried than he should be. He jogged over to the pool, where a bunch of kids were taking turns dropping in on their skateboards.

“Yo, has anyone seen Maddie?” he asked.

A couple of the kids laughed. “Oh yeah, man, I saw her,” said a boy that Will didn’t recognize. “Whoever moves in here is gonna need curtains.”

Will looked up at the house. “What the fuck are you talking about?” he asked. But before the boy could reply, Will was already making his way back to the house, where he could see a group of boys on the second-floor deck.

Will pushed through the throng of kids in the kitchen, then took the stairs to the second floor, two at a time. He jogged down a corridor and found the door that led out to the deck. A few boys were standing in a huddle against a sliding glass door at its far end. They were laughing and whistling, and one was taking pictures with his phone.

Will shoved them aside. Through the glass he could see Maddie. She was lying on the floor, with her shirt pushed up and her jean shorts around her knees, her white lace bra and panties visible. A guy was on top of her, kissing her, his hand under her bra. Will felt himself grow hot, and then nauseous. “Who is that?” he asked, and the kids around him shrugged. He banged on the door, but neither Maddie nor the boy reacted. He couldn’t be sure, but it didn’t even look as if Maddie was awake. He tried the glass door, but it wouldn’t open.

“It’s locked, bro,” one of the boys said. “Else I’d be in there myself.” The other guys cracked up.

Will felt a rush of adrenaline, as if he was about to hit the kid. But he didn’t have time for that. He went back into the house, his heart pounding, and ran along the hallway. He tried the inside door, but it was locked as well.