Missing?
Tom checked his phone as Siân and Lloyd discussed their last interview. It seemed the relatives of the first victim were too distressed to give many details. Tom sighed.
"Ble mae Mared?" Siân asked. Tom shrugged.
"Wedi mynd i gael llaeth."
"Ble mae hi wedi mynd i ei gael? Mae'r fuwch go iawn?"
"Siân." Lloyd rolled his eyes.
"Wel? Mae hi wedi bod oedran."
"Byddaf yn galw hi." Tom pulled out the mobile phone, hoping that Mared was just delayed. The sick feeling in his gut told him it was more than Mared just chatting to a friend or someone she knew. He hoped his inate sense of dread was just his natural paranoia kicking in. He pressed the speed dial for her name. Moments later the answer phone told him she couldn't answer right then.
"Mared, where are you? Hurry up, ok?" He ended the call.
"Driving?" Lloyd shrugged.
"No, she only went to Davies' on the corner." Tom frowned. Lloyd and Siân exchanged glances. Both knew he was more worried than he had let them believe.
Xxxx
"Diolch Danny." Mared took her change from the young shop worker. The corner shop was unusually quiet for the time of day. She put the change in her jeans pocket before heading out of the shop, silently cursing herself for leaving her red duffle coat in Tom's car she tugged her shirt a little closer totally unaware of the man in the shadows. Stepping into the street she jumped to avoid a puddle before being lifted off her feet. Struggling and kicking she knew immediately what was happening. The rag over her mouth made her gag, the stench making it difficult to breathe. She wasn't strong enough to fight off the man who unceremoniously threw her into the back of a van. The world around her turned black as the chloroform took hold.
Xxxxx
Tom didn't want to panic in front of the junior detectives. He glanced at his phone, deciding to text her. No answer. He turned sharply as the door to the office slammed open. About to berate Mared when he realised it wasn't her.
"Cerys." Siân turned to the desk Sargent.
"Sorry, I've just had Danny from the shop. Daniel Davies. Says Mared bought milk there an hour ago. He came out the shop to lock up, found her phone smashed on the road. Her bracelet too." Cerys held up a small transparent evidence bag.
"Elin bought her that." Tom frowned. His guts twisted in fear. "Get the CCTV for the street where the shop is. Until otherwise proved Mared Rhys is a missing person."
Siân and Lloyd paused.
"Now!" He snapped as Lloyd headed out of the office. Siân grabbed her jacket, knowing that there was no point in offering platitudes. Tom Mathias wasn't going to rest until Mared was back where she belonged.
Xxxxxxxx
Welsh translatiOn
"Gone to get milk."
"Where she gone to get it? The actual cow?"
"Siân."
"Well? She's been ages."
"I'll call her."
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