Prologue

Itwas too easy. She was just sitting there, talking with one of her friends, not even noticing the danger she was in. The other girl got up and left and silently, he moved in. She was talking on a cell phone, the kind that he could never afford, so she didn't see him come up behind her.

He covered her mouth to stifle the scream, then he picked her up and dragged her to the car waiting. She actually managed to bite him and tried to run before he caught up with her. He stuffed her in the car and drove off…

The person on the other line heard the whole thing. "Oh my God," they said. " Kerry's been kidnapped."