Act 1
Mike, a normal 15 year old boy, from Nottingham was living a perfectly normal life until his father left the family home to go to fight in Afghanistan. Mike used to receive a letter a month from his father but after a few years, the letters seemed to stop. After not receiving one for a while, Mike become slightly withdrawn from the outside world. One night, a knock at the door woke the mother and son and it wasn't good news. The pair were told that the male figure, Mike called father is missing in action. Hitting Mike hard, he became even more withdrawn and stopped talking to everyone, even his mother. He constantly kept reading the letters he had received from his father from previous months trying to work out where he could be. Confusion and anxiety pushing this young teenager to run away from home and not come back.
Act 2
His mother, Julie, contacted the police as soon as she found out he was missing. He was added to the MisPer list but was never found. As his mother became extremely anxious to where her son may be, she decided to look for him herself. Going against the police's word about how he will may never be found, she's determined to find where her son has disappeared too.
Act 3
20 years go by and her son is still not found. Starting to give up and attempting to move on, she comes to the conclusion that he has killed himself out of grief for his father. Beginning to believe this, it adds to the pain that her husband is potentially dead too, grief takes over her and she goes into a mode of depression. After learning how to cope with her illness, her husband, who is no longer lost in action walks through the door, hoping to be welcomed by a happy wife and son. Everything changes and life is never the same.
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