As the file finished buffering, Elena's bedroom lights flickered and died. The only light left was the cold blue glow of the monitor, where her own face was now looking back at her from inside the water.
Elena watched them fall, but they never hit the water. The video glitched, showing a frame of pure green static, and then played again from the beginning.
At the bottom of the article was a police photo of evidence found at the scene: a digital camcorder with a corrupted memory card. The case had gone cold because the police could never recover the files.
She found a local news clipping from that exact summer. Three best friends had gone missing at the old quarry. Their names were Sarah, Chloe, and Maya. Maya was Elena's mother's older sister who had vanished without a trace. Elena had been named after her aunt's middle name.
Elena looked down at her own wrist. She was wearing the exact same bracelet. She had found it in her mother’s old jewelry box years ago.
The camera was now underwater, looking up toward the surface. The water was dark, illuminated only by the faint glow of the moon. Drifting in the water above her were the silhouettes of the three girls.
