At first everything gave them hope – a knock on the door, the ringing of a phone, the sound of a car stopping outside the house. Each time they dared to think it might be good news: that their little Khaya had been found and was on his way home.
But as the days dragged into weeks they knew it was hopeless.
The little boy who had brought them so much joy was gone – but the thought of him being lost forever in the sewer system that snakes under the city was too terrible.