"You can find them before he does anything though right?" Jeff asked, holding Dixie who was crying into his chest unable to say anything as she remained in a state of shock.
"I'm sorry Mr Collier, but we can't guarantee anything, but we are doing our best to find her" The officer was trying his best to assure them they were doing everything they could, but this didn't stop Dixie breaking down with fear and worry.
"Maybe it is best you and your wife return home Mr Collier" One of the officers was trying to persuade Jeff to take Dixie home, so the couple could get some rest.
"Return home, how can we be expected to return home after just finding out a child we deeply care about, is unconscious in the hands of a killer" Jeff snapped feeling annoyed at what was happening, he was majorly worried as was Dixie, and all he wanted was Lilly safe.
"I assure you we are doing everything we can"
"Then how come you can't guarantee that she will come back safe?" Jeff questioned tightening his grip on Dixie, wanting to know that everything would be ok.
"This is a very disturbed man we are dealing with" The officer tried to calm Jeff down, but he was having none of it he wasn't going to be calm until he saw Lilly safe and helped her get clean of the drugs.
"Don't you think I know that from the fact he has killed three girls already!"
"Jeff..." Dixie's voice stopped him ranting, her sadness and fear in her voice making him stop and turn to her.
"Come on Dix" Jeff helped her up, then looked back to the officers.
"We will keep you informed, do you have your contact details"
"Yeah," Jeff took the pen and paper the officer was offering, writing down his mobile and home number on there, double checking to make sure they were both the correct numbers. He then took Dixie out the office and outside, thinking she would need some fresh air.
"Why didn't we notice?" Dixie questioned feeling useless as she hadn't noticed Lilly was on drugs when she was supposed to be a paramedic.
"I don't know, let's just get home. She might have found her way back"
"Really, when the last thing we saw of her was collapsing into a murders arms then him carrying her away. She is really going to find her way out of that isn't she" Dixie bit her nails looking around for any sign of Lilly, but there was nothing.
Jeff sighed knowing she was right, but he wanted to cling onto hope that there was a chance Lilly could get away. They got into the car, thankfully it was just a short drive home as Jeff didn't feel he could concentrate on driving for much longer. He pulled up outside the house letting Dixie in, they looked up and down the road hoping to see Lilly come down one of them, but she didn't. When it started raining Jeff took her in, not wanting Dixie to be ill, he made them both some tea but neither of them drank it.
The pair of them sat themselves on the sofa, with all the phones on the table opposite them staring at them hoping one of them would ring, but if it did they weren't sure if they would want to pick it up.
"I'm going to check something" Dixie was fed up and got the laptop, bringing it to the sofa and turning it on bringing up goggle before typing in a name. Chloe Osborne, she only had to wait a few seconds before thousands of websites came up, she clicked the first one not expecting what came up. Firstly it showed a picture of the girl, Dixie scrolled down the screen and began reading. She felt herself getting sick at reading, her eyes beginning to water. She couldn't contain herself much longer, and ran into the downstairs bathroom throwing up, Jeff was hot on her heels stroking her hair as she vomited violently. Once finished Jeff led her back to the front room, where she returned her eyes to the computer, finishing what she was reading it horrified her how somebody could do something like that to an innocent teen.
"Princess what are you doing?" Jeff asked, pulling the laptop from her eyes widening at what she was reading.
"Jesus Christ" he barely managed a whisper, then shut down the computer to look at Dixie who was crying.
"She is with him Jeff. If he does something like that to her…" her voice trailed off, remembering reading about the horrific things Luke had done to Chloe.
"I don't think somebody can do that twice" Jeff hugged her, but it didn't make Dixie feel any better.
"Jeff he forced that poor girl into having sex with multiple men, then had somebody take out one of her kidneys to sell for his own benefit, and to top it all off he killed her by slitting her throat and throwing her in a river. Never mind what he did to the other two girls," Dixie managed to say, if that's what he did to the first girl, she wasn't sure she wanted to know what he did to the rest, Jeff shuddered, and was feeling very tense himself.
"Dixie we need to be hopeful"
"HOPEFUL, HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO REMAIN HOPEFUL, WHEN LILLY IS AT THE HANDS OF THAT CREEP, GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING TO HER" Dixie stood up, shouting at the top of her voice.
"DIXIE WILL YOU CALM DOWN" Jeff began to shout too, the couple were now in a fully blown row.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO REMAIN CALM, NOT KNOWING WHERE LILLY IS, OR IF SHE IS ALIVE"
"OF COURSE SHE IS BLOODY ALIVE" Jeff had to say this for his own assurance, but he was also trying to calm down Dixie.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW, FOR ALL WE KNOW SHE COULD BE HAVING HER INSIDES RIPPED APART, OR BEING LYING DEAD IN A DITCH SOMEWHERE" Dixie was fuming, but also full of worry she didn't know how Jeff could remain so hopeful in such a hopeless situation.
"WILL YOU STOP BLOODY THINKING LIKE THIS"
"WELL I'M SORRY JEFFREY BUT CONSIDERING SHE IS IN THE HANDS OF A MURDERER WHO IS SUPPLYING HER WITH HEROIN, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF" Dixie found herself in tears, thinking of all the worst things that could happen, Jeff looked at her then tried to go over to her.
"Go away Jeffrey" Dixie continued to cry falling to the floor, unable to cope with her worry of not knowing if Lilly was alive or dead. Jeff ignored her request going over and sitting on the floor next to her, putting his arms around her shaking body. He didn't say anything just held her tightly.
Lilly could feel herself waking, she opened her eyes finding that she was on a mattress on the floor. Her body was still feeling relaxed and weak from whatever Luke had given her, she breathed heavily and tried to rub her eyes, but felt her hands were above her head when she noticed the feeling of something tight holding her wrists together. She tried to move and change positions on the mattress, but her body remained put looking down she could faintly make out ropes around her body, holding her to the mattress. There was no light in the room, limiting her sight. The ropes were wrapped tightly around her body, she could hear footsteps in the distance coming closer. Feeling her heart thumping, she tried desperately to move but it was useless. Until she heard Luke's voice whisper in her ear, but she was too scared to respond.
"So Lilly, what is it going to be first? I have a long list of things I want to do to you, but first I have some friends waiting for you outside, and you are going to be a good girl is that clear"
