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"Thanks Ann. Now for our next story, it is day 40 in the search for Lillian Truscott, the 14-year-old teenager from Malibu, California. Luckily for us, there is no tape today. Unfortunately for us, the police still don't have a lead on where she is. But, new information from Cell phones just might be the key they were looking for. We'll be back after this."
"And cut." The director of the Today Show yelled to Matt Lauer, and Meredith Vieira. They got up and walked over to Oliver, Miley, Lily's father Dave, her mother Heather, and the Chief of Police in Malibu William, who had been sitting in chairs by the director.
"Welcome back." Meredith said while she and Matt shook each of their hands.
"Wish I could say that this was a good occasion to be back." Dave said while shaking Meredith's hand. Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"Well, why don't we get you hooked up and put your microphones on and get you on stage, huh?" The director asked. Without waiting for an answer, he led Dave, Heather and William towards the AV part of the studio, and Miley and Oliver sank back into the chairs.
"We are back on live in 5…4…3..." The director counted down. He mouthed two and one before pointing at them to go.
"Welcome back, and in case you missed us before we left, we told you that we may just have found our first clue in finding the missing 14-year-old, Lillian Truscott from Malibu, California." Meredith said while shuffling the papers in her hands.
"Ann Curry is currently with Lily's parents Dave and Heather Truscott, and the Malibu Chief-of-Police, William Monroe. Ann?" The cameraman swivelled the camera around to face the 4 adults sitting on the 2 couches on another set.
"Thanks, Matt. So, first of all, I want to welcome you back to the show, Dave and Heather. I just wish that is was in better circumstances."
"So do we." Heather responded.
"But, that's not the reason you're here. You have good news, right?" Dave nodded.
"Probably for the first time in our lives, we are glad that Lily has a cell phone with a camera on it." Ann's eyebrows knotted in confusion.
"And why is that?" She asked. William took this as an opportunity to jump in.
"Lily, like any other teenager in the world with a cell phone, had it on her at all times. Including, when she was kidnapped. It was the only thing found at the crime scene. And after some further searching, we may have found a clue."
"And what is that clue?" Dave answered this one.
"Well, one of her best friends Oliver,-"Ann Curry interrupted as she crossed her legs.
"Oliver? He's been on the show before, right? The boy with the black hair?" Dave nodded and continued.
"Yeah, that's him. Anyway he was just looking through her phone, you know. Looking at messages, wallpapers, that sort of thing. And then he started looking through her pictures. And one of the pictures he found was of someone he didn't know, and we know that Lily didn't know."
"And since her other best friend didn't recognize him either, there is an eighty-eight percent chance that that is our kidnapper. Later, Oliver identified him as someone who had been chasing Lily the first day." Ann nodded.
"I'm also hearing that another kidnapping-the one of 14 year old Mariah St. James from San Diego, California-might be connected to this case. Is that true?" William nodded.
"That is true. Just like with Lily, Mariah's cell phone was examined, but this time by her boyfriend, James. Almost the same picture was found. The men in both pictures had the same eyes, same hair, and the same face, and the same shirt except on each shirt was a different name."
"So what you are saying is that these kidnappings are not only related, but there are two people involved?"
"That is our guess. We think that it may be a set of twins, explaining why the tags on each shirt had a different name. But it also could be the same guy, wearing the same shirt, but with a different name. It also could be more than two people; your guess is as good as mine."
"Well I wish you luck on your search for girls, Mr. Monroe, and my best wishes to you Dave and Heather." Everyone nodded and she turned back to face the camera. "Back to Matt and Meredith."
"Thank you Ann, and good luck to all three of you." Meredith said.
"When we come back, the follow-up of a story we did a while ago. The cat that sees death. And now, your neighbourhood news." Matt added.
"We're clear." The director yelled. Oliver didn't really think they were clear, especially his head. It had been foggy since Lily left. And it wouldn't be clear until Lily was in his arms. And only his.
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"And one time, Oliver tried to potty train his little cousin." Lily said giggling from the memory.
"What happened?" Mariah asked.
"He became the human toilet and smelled like pee for a week." Mariah snorted.
"I've got one. Once, James was climbing a tree and he fell on his head." Lily gasped.
"Was he okay?" Mariah nodded.
"He was fine. He just had amnesia for a few days. He thought he was beautiful ballerina. He was actually pretty good. I'm tellin' ya, Lily. You don't know a guy till you have seen him spin in tights, performing the girl part from swan lake. So, you got a boyfriend back home?" Lily shook her head.
"I haven't had the best luck with guys, especially since starting high school. I was cheated on by one, changed my look for and was then dumped by another, and one who moved without telling me. I found out two day after our date from his best friend." Both girls rolled their eyes. Just then Mariah's stomach growled.
"Sorry. I haven't eaten since I was taken and I guess I'm little hungry." Lily bit her lip. She then looked up at the small window high up on the wall. The light that usually shone through from the sun was gone, so Lily could tell it was after the sun had gone down. The window was so far up that it was only inches away from the ceiling, which was about 7 feet up. She slowly and carefully got up and staggered over to the stairs and as quietly as she could, up them. Mariah followed a confused expression on her face. When they got to the door, they stopped.
"What are you doing?" Mariah asked as Lily reached her hand back into her hair. When it came out, in her hand was a hair pin. She began to pick the lock.
"Well you said you were hungry," The lock opened and Lily quietly opened the door. "So let's get some food." When the door opened, Mariah got her first look. It was pretty well furnished. Living room full of stuff. Chairs, 2 sofas, paintings. If you didn't know what was actually going on in the house, you might assume somebody decent actually lived there. Directly across from the basement door was a counter and under it was a same table and chair. Behind the counter was the refrigerator. Lily began to crawl out the door. But stopped and looked around. She paused for a second before breathing a sigh of relief.
"It's safe. Come on." She began to crawl again, with Mariah a few steps behind. When she was completely out the door, she looked towards the living room and saw what had made Lily freeze. On the sofa, looking right at her, was one of her kidnappers. They stared at each other for a while, before he let out a rippling snore.
"That's just Alex. Don't worry. He's asleep." Lily whispered. Mariah stared at her like she was crazy.
"What are you talking about? His eyes are wide open!"
"He sleeps with his eyes open. Now come on before he actually wakes up." She began to crawl towards the refrigerator again, Mariah following, her eyes still on Alex. They got there and opened the fridge slightly. It was stocked with beer bottles and coke and sprite cans. No food.
Lily closed it and opened the cabinet next to it. It was full of junk food. Doritos, chips, bags full of candy, it was like every child's dream. They each quickly picked a random bag and began to crawl back to the basement.
"Couldn't we just go out the front door?" Mariah asked as they passed it. Lily shook her head.
"There's an alarm on it. If you even touch it, it will go off." They kept crawling till they were back in the basement. Lily looked back to see if Alex was still there and he was. She nodded and closed the door. As soon as it closed, Alex stood up and began to walk up the stairs. This was the 4th time this month he had caught Lily sneaking out of the basement. His brother had no idea this was even going on and he didn't plan on telling him. He couldn't take much more of this. The sooner his brother got his revenge, the better. The stress was getting to Alex, and he didn't know if he could last much longer.
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