"I don't see the backpack." Amy said as she rummaged through her and Ty's closet. "It's not here."
"It was on the kitchen island." Lou pointed. "Right here."
Jack stood back up from his leaned over position looking in the other closet as you come up the stairs. "Nothing but coats and cleaning supplies."
"He must have it. That must be the reason he came back to the loft." Amy said joining them in the kitchen.
"No, he got the backpack back from Georgie. There was no reason to come here." Lou said.
"Unless...he did something with the flash drive." Jack motioned to Ty's computer still on the kitchen island.
Amy raised her eyebrow slightly surprised by her grandfather's detective skills. Lou smiled at him shocked as well. "What?"
"Okay, don't look all surprised. I know stuff." He chuckled at his granddaughters expressions.
Amy opened the laptop and started searching for anything out of the ordinary. At first all she found was files from clients at the vet clinic. Saved photos of their daughter. Jack and Lou watched over her shoulder getting more and more discouraged. "Wait...go back. What was that?" Lou said tapping Amy's shoulder.
Amy scanned over the files until her eye hit the one Lou must have been talking about. She looked over her shoulder before clicking it. She covered her mouth as it opened in front of them. "Amy..." Jack said after she remained silent.
She glanced back at him tears running down her face. "He told me not to come to Mongolia. He took off. Was that the plan all along? I don't get it, Grandpa."
"Honey, I'm sure Mongolia was legit." Jack squeezed her shoulder.
"Maybe he got caught up in all this in Vancouver. He has been spending a lot of time there." Lou reasoned. "Not that he'd intentional do anything." She said after Amy gave her a look.
"Ty would never do this." She shouted. "I don't care what either of you think. He's not gonna get involved in a poaching ring."
Jack and Lou exchanged glances. "Amy, the loft was broken into. Ty was acting all suspicious when he talked to Georgie. And me just a few hours ago. He didn't want me in the loft. He couldn't get rid of me fast enough. And then he was setting up a meeting with someone. It doesn't add up I'll give you that. But to say he's not doing anything wrong..."
Amy jumped up. "Get out."
"Honey, call him. See where he is before either of you jump to conclusions." Jack said trying to calm the situation. He wasn't sure what he believed either. Ty had changed a lot from when he first arrived over 10 years ago. But the proof was right there on Ty's computer. And he couldn't believe it.
"I tried earlier. He didn't pick up." Amy admitted looking away.
"Look, why don't you and Lyndy have dinner with us?" Jack asked.
"I'm not leaving. Besides Ty will be home soon." Amy said fighting her emotions.
"Okay, but you don't want to confront him alone..." Lou started. Lyndy started crying from where she sat in the playpen.
"It's okay." Amy shhed her bouncing her up and down. "Georgie will be wondering where you are. We'll be fine." She said to Jack and Lou. They nodded and reluctantly left down the loft stairs. Amy kept bouncing Lyndy until she calmed slightly. She brought her to the couch. Sitting down she grabbed her phone off the coffee table. She hit Ty's number and hesitantly put the phone to her ear. She closed her eyes as his voicemail came on. She hung up without leaving a message. She would have loaded Lyndy up and went into town to surprise Ty at the clinic but couldn't as he'd taken their truck with the car seat. And she couldn't use Ty's to go anywhere. It wasn't safe for a baby. She sighed as she leaned back against the couch Lyndy sitting on her knee chewing on her teething ring. She pursued her lips as she clicked Cassandra's name in her contacts.
"Hi Amy." She greeted.
"Cass, is Ty still there?" She asked getting straight to the point.
"No. Why?"
"I tried calling but he's not answering. I assumed he was still there." She answered.
"Why would he still be here? He left at the end of his shift, two hours ago." Cass was getting confused.
"What happened to the thing that came up? He said be had to stay."
"Stay? He left early. Said something about running to the reserve." Cass paused. "Is everything okay?"
"I don't know. He's been a bit off ever since the break in." Amy sighed. "He never came home."
"Maybe he got tired up at the reserve." She was trying to come up with a good reason to put her friend's mind at ease.
"Georgie and Adam were the last ones there." She rubbed her face. "If you hear from him can you let me know?"
"Of course."

James pushed Ty into the crappy hotel room. Ty gulped as he heard the click of the door locking behind him. "Get on the bed." He shouted startling him.
"What?" Ty asked spinning around to see James digging in his bag. He pulled out a pair of handcuffs.
"Now!" He screamed shoving Ty backwards causing him to land on the closest single bed. Ty struggled to sit back up feeling the results of the kick to the stomach he'd gotten earlier. James forcefully grabbed at Ty's arm slapping the one end of the cuffs to his wrist. He yanked on his arm clipping the other end to the bedpost. Ty groaned as it felt like his arm had been ripped out of joint. "There now I know you can't pull anymore funny business." He snarled. Ty watched him glaring trying to keep a brave front. And show he wasn't at all effected by what he was doing to him. But that was short lived as James decided to rub salt in the wound. "Oh lookie here. You're beautiful wife left you a few messages." James said after pulling the phone from his jacket pocket. "Let's see what she said. You think she noticed you're missing?" He said a big evil grin playing on his lips.
Ty didn't even want to imagine what Amy was gonna go through when she did discover he was missing. And judging from the time on the clock it would be sooner then later. "You're not gonna get away with this."
"Thing is...I already have." Ty struggled against the hold of the handcuffs. James smiled as he clicked the voicemail button.
"Ty. It's Amy. I just...I wanna know when you'll be home. Lyndy misses her daddy." Amy's voice sounded so broken. Ty's eyes welled up as the silence filled the room. "Please call me back to let me know your okay. I love you." He had tears running down his face.
James threw the phone on the side table near the door. "See I already won." He said as he grabbed his duffle bag and swung it over his shoulder. "I'll be back in a hour. I have some other unfinished business to attend to. Don't move." He laughed. "Oh I almost forgot." He pulled a roll of duck tape from the bag. He ripped a strip off before placing it over Ty's mouth. He then grabbed Ty's free arm and tapped it to his other hand. James left leaving Ty alone with his thoughts. He pulled on his hands trying to get them to come free but the tape wouldn't break. He yanked as long as he could before the cuffs started to rub his wrist raw. He leaned back defeated. He had to find a way to get out of here before James came back to most likely finish what he started.

Amy came rushing into the house Lyndy in hand and the baby bag on her shoulder. "Can you watch Lyndy?"
The urgency in her voice caused Jack to wrinkle his brow. "Why? Where are you going?"
"I called Cass she said Ty left work early to go see Georgie and Adam. He's not answering any of my calls. I just have a feeling that something happened. I'm gonna drive over to the reserve. I have to see if he went back there." Amy was fighting tears the whole time her voice cracking. "Please? I'd take her but there's no car seat in Ty's old truck."
"Sure, Amy. We'll watch her." Lou said grabbing the baby bag as Amy handed Lyndy to Georgie.
"Thank you." As Amy turned to leave Jack stopped her.
"You keep your cell phone on. Call us when you get to the reserve." His voice was full of concern. Amy nodded as she hurried out the door.
"I should have asked him where he was going?" Georgie said guiltily.
"Sweetheart, you didn't know. Besides I don't think he would have said."

Amy crawled in behind the wheel of Ty's old blue GMC. It'd been forever since she drove it. She ran her hand over the steering wheel taking a deep breath. She hated the feeling she had in the pit of her stomach. The feeling that was usually right. A knot that wouldn't go until she seen Ty was okay. She pulled up to Bob's office as she looked around. No one was here. A tear slipped down her cheek. "Come on, Ty. Where are you?" It would be getting dark and it was well past the time he would have normally came home. She clicked his name for the hundredth time. Her heart sank when the ringing quit and his voicemail came on again. "Ty." Her voice was fragile now. "It's Amy. I just...I wanna know when you'll be home. Lyndy misses her daddy." She paused collecting herself. "Please call me back to let me know your okay. I love you." She didn't even realize she was shaking until she hung up the phone. She stared at his photo until the tears clouded her vision.

After calling Jack to tell him she found nothing she said she'd be home. She decided to take the long way back as she needed a few more minutes to herself to process all this. It wasn't like him to disappear. At least not since they got married. He was so worried about her this morning. He hadn't even wanted to go to work. So why lie about having to stay late? She was so lost in her own thoughts she nearly missed the turn in the road. In the distance she could see a truck parked on the road. The sun setting just making it visible. As she got closer her heart rate quickened. It was their truck. She pulled up behind it jumping out excited. "Ty! Ty!" She stopped short noticing it was empty. She glanced around but didn't see anyone. "Ty?! Ty!" She shouted again this time louder. He wasn't here but why? The drivers side window was still rolled down. She opened the door to see Ty's keys were still in the egnition. She began to panic as she looked around. "Ty!" She raced toward the bridge to check the water and the creek bank. She didn't see anything. She shakily pulled her phone out and dialed home. "Grandpa..." Amy cried. "Ty's gone."
Jack could hardly make out what she said between sobs. "Honey, where are you?"
"He's..." She wiped her face but new tears fell. She took a deep breath. "The bridge near Heartland. Highway 370 at Cooks Pass."
He was puzzled as to why she was there but didn't question it. Her sobs were enough to know it was bad. "I'll be right there. Okay? You stay put. Wait for me."
"Grandpa?" Lou asked coming into the kitchen fear written all over her face.
"You stay here. Watch the girls. I'll be right back." He grabbed his coat and hat and left her standing there concerned.