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As Nick walked up the driveway after a long night at the lab one Saturday morning he noticed Jackie's van was gone.
He walked in the house and set his field kit by the door. He went into the kitchen and noticed a note on the table.
I'm meeting Ashley for coffee, the kids are at my parents' house, I'll pick them up when I'm done. I hope you had a good night at work, see you in a couple hours. Love Jacks.
Nick smiled to himself, he was glad Jackie was getting out of the house.
He walked over to the sink and washed his hands. Then he opened the refrigerator and took out a huge pot of potato soup Jackie had made the night before.
Jackie loved soup, she often ordered it when they went out to restaurants. Nick guessed that her love for soup started because she lived in such a cold climate growing up and even after living in the desert all these years hadn't squelched her love of it.
Nick liked soup well enough but it wasn't something he'd die without either.
Nick heated up a bowl of the soup and then smooshed crackers in it and then took it into the living room to eat.
He had only taken a couple bites when the landline phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and it was a number he vaguely recognized.
"Hello?" He said answering.
"Nick?" The woman caller asked.
"Yes."
"Nick, this is Ashley is Jackie home?"
"No, I thought she was meeting you for coffee. When I got home tonight there was a note on the table that said she was meeting you for coffee."
"She was supposed to meet me an hour ago but she never showed up. I called her but her phone went straight to voicemail. Jackie's never late for anything and if she was going to be just the slightest late she would have called me."
Nick's heart dropped, Ashley was right, something was very wrong.
TBC…