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PART 1 OF 6 (at least) IN THE 'DREAMS' SERIES. The team's search for a missing FBI agent puts Sue into more danger than they bargained for. Can Jack, Bobby and the others keep her safe?
Disclaimer: The Characters of Sue Thomas, Jack Hudson, Bobby Manning, Dimitrius (D) Gans, Donna Gans, Tanya Gans, David (Davey) Gans, Myles Leland III, Tara Samuels, Lucy Dotson, Ted Garrett, Darcy D'Angelo, and Levi are the property of Pebblehut, Paxson Entertainment, Dave Alan Johnson, Gary R. Johnson, and their subsidiaries and related parties. Similarities of other characters to individuals real or imagined are purely coincidental.
Chapter 1
The morning dawned crisp and windy. Leaves scattered across the ground rustled as a golden lab raced to get the ball his owner threw. Picking up the ball, the dog trotted back to the beautiful blonde woman standing at the other end of the park. She laughed as she took the ball from his mouth and threw it again, watching him take off after it.
Sue loved her mornings with Levi. However, this morning she had other things on her mind. The team had been given a new case yesterday involving the kidnapping of a female FBI agent, Jordan Michaels.
Sue had worked with Jordan on a couple of cases. She was nice and made an effort to learn some simple signs so she could communicate with Sue. They'd even had lunch together the day before she disappeared. Watching Levi run off after his ball again, she remembered the meeting. Jordan was acting strange and Sue questioned her about it.
"Is everything okay?" Sue asked her friend worried that she was just picking at her food. Jordan looked up grinning slightly.
"Yeah, just tired," Jordan replied, pushing her dark bangs out of her eyes. "The case I'm working on has me a little out of sorts." "Anything you want to talk about?" Sue inquired, but Jordan just waved it away promising to let her know the specifics when the case was wrapped up.
But they didn't get to talk. The next day Jordan disappeared on her way to work. Her car was found at a store near her home she frequently stopped at for doughnuts and coffee before heading into DC. No one remembered seeing her that morning, but Tara was reviewing the tapes from the video camera in front of the store. Her supervisor told them Jordan had asked for a few days off. When Sue questioned about the case Jordan talked about, her supervisor said she must be mistaken because the last case Jordan was working on ended over a week ago in an arrest.
Sue was brought out of her reverie by Levi returning with his ball. Dropping it at her feet, he cocked his head to one side looking at her with longing eyes as if begging her to continue playing. Laughing, she told him it was time to go and bend down to attach the leash to his collar.
Turning to head back to the apartment to get ready for work, Sue didn't notice the two men in the dark sedan watching her. As she made her way down the street, the car slowly followed.