"Okay, Vega is dead and Resting is M.I.A. Scott, Drew, in your opinion, how long has Vega been dead?" Pollock asked, sitting at his desk in his office.
"At least a couple weeks. No way he was involved with our kidnapping." Nicole stated. She and Sara were sitting in the chairs in front of Pollock's desk and Collin and Antonio were standing.
"A stolen cell phone is used to taunt the F.B.I. about a kidnapping and the owner of that phone somehow ends up dead? There is no way that the kidnapping and the murder aren't connected." Sara said, trying to put two and two together.
They all paused. They were so tired. None of them got more than a couple hours sleep since the kidnapping. Collin had none at all, he was running on caffeine. Antonio broke the silence. "I was thinking the same, but Statley and his goons were in jail at the time of Vega's murder."
"Antonio, you've been face to face with this guy before. Wouldn't you say he was intimading and manipulative?" Sara asked.
"Yes, did you question their cell mates?"
"Yes, Statley forced Larson and Long into this. They were not holding any grudge against you three." She reached onto Pollock's desk and handed Antonio her notes from the prison visit.
Antonio skimmed through them and laughed. "I like how you add your personal opinions on there."
"Okay, Agents, go do some investigating. I want any and all info that will led us to Mastriani and/or Resting." Pollock demanded, walking to the door. "Now, out!" He demanded, opening the door.
Everyone except Pollock left the office. Antonio went to his office and Nicole and Sara went to their desks, Collin followed. He stood in front of Jess' desk. She was always so organized. All that was on her desk was a neatly stacked pile of files from previous cases and a picture of her and Collin in a picture frame. He picked it up and hugged it, tightly. A couple tears streamed down his face. I love you so much, please hang on!
Nicole wasn't much better. Nicole dissembled her emotions, which was something she was good at. Something told Sara that she was just as bad off as Collin.
The elevator opened and a middle-age woman and man in his late twenties or early thirties walked out of it. It was Jess' mother, Toni, and her brother, Doug. They ran to Nicole. "Nicole, thank God you're okay. Where's Jess?" Toni asked, trying to keep herself together.
Nicole didn't know how to answer her. She just stood there trying to gather the words to tell her.
Doug looked around at all of them. "What's wrong? Where is my sister?" Doug had a mental disorder called Schizophrenia. At times, he goes off his meds, but today he knew his mother needed him.
"We don't know." Sara spoke up. "We're doing all we can."
Toni burst into tears. Her legs gave out and she fell, but Nicole and Doug caught her before she hit the ground. Nicole led her to a chair. "Mrs. Mastriani, please sit." Nicole turned to Collin. "Come here, Collin." Collin stepped forward. "This is Collin."
Toni quickly stood up and put her arms around him, pulling him into a hug. "Jess told me all about you. You make her so happy." She released him.
Collin tried to keep himself from crying. "Then I will keep making her happy. We will find her, I will make sure of it."
Sara looked down on her desk and spotted a blue envelope with her name on it. She picked it up and opened it.
Hi Sara!
I was just wondering…How did it feel to watch your mother die, knowing there was nothing you could do about it?
Until next time!
-John Doe
She folded the note and put it in her pocket. "I'll be back." she said, hoping no one would notice the note and headed to the elevator.
"Sara." Collin grabbed her arm. "First you get the note on your car and now this one. Is everything okay?"
"Wait, what note? Are you being threatened?" Nicole was confused.
"Don't worry about me. Focus on Jess." She stormed off.
"Is that one of the agents on the case?" Doug asked.
"She's our new partner. Not replacing Jess, she came the day we were kidnapped. The creeps have been contacting her." Nicole informed them.
"Sounds like she's in trouble." Toni spoke up.
"I hope not." Nicole responded, looking at Collin.
"Okay, Agents, what do we got?" Pollock walked up to them demanding answers.
"Okay, thanks anyway. If you see him, give me a call." Sara hung up the phone and looked up at Pollock from her desk. "Resting's boss said he hasn't seen Resting in a couple weeks and if we see him we should tell him he's fired."
"Okay, so that was a giant waste of time." Nicole said, frustrated. She, Sara, Collin, Pollock, and Antonio had been working tirelessly to find him and Jess.
"He has a pregnant girlfriend. Her name is Jennifer Grant. I'm pulling up her info." Sara said. She was sitting at her desk, on the computer. Nicole was at her desk and Pollock was standing by her. Collin was at the white board staring at Jess' picture and Antonio was in his office going through Resting's financials. "Oh. Crap!"
"What?" Nicole got up from her desk and walked to Sara. Pollock and Collin stayed put. "Sara, talk to me." Nicole demanded.
"Jennifer Grant was reported missing last week. Her family hasn't seen her since the last time Resting was seen." Sara rolled her eyes.
Jess woke up alone. It was dark, pitch back really. She tried to sit up, but she hit her head. She felt above and around her. She didn't need a flashlight to figure out where she was.
Fear started to set in. Fear that Nicole and Antonio were dead, fear that she would never see them or Collin again, fear that she would die in there. After a few minutes of crying and panicking, Jess knew that she had to conserve her oxygen or she really would die quickly. She also knew that in about ten to eighteen hours, it would be all over for her.
