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Second Chance
Later that morning after their tryst and a shower, Kaitlyn was in her room getting dressed and Gary was in the bathroom shaving with the disposable razor she had given him. He walked into the bedroom wearing only a towel.
"It's a good thing I left these clothes here." Gary said looking at his shirt. Which Kaitlyn had conveniently lain out on the bed.
"No, I'd say it's a good thing I washed them." Kaitlyn teased coming up behind him and giving him a peck on the cheek. As she turned away Gary grabbed her waist and turned her around.
"Thank you for last night." Gary stopped, rethinking his words. "Thank you for last night and for this morning." He gave her a seductive smile. As they started to kiss the ringing of the telephone interrupted them.
"That's probably the girls." Kaitlyn sighed. She reached down to answer the telephone. Gary began to get dressed.
"Hello." Kaitlyn said as she looked at him and smiled.
"Kaitlyn." She heard her father's voice.
"Morning Da…" She was surprised when he cut her off.
"Kaitlyn. You need to come over here right away." Collier said, his voice cracking as he spoke.
"Dad what's wrong." She said.
"It's Casey. Kaitlyn, she's gone." Collier said.
"Gone where. Dad you're not making any sense." Kaitlyn said.
"We can't find her. Just get over here." As he said those words to her, she could hear her mother crying in the background. "Oh, my God. I'll be right there." Kaitlyn slammed down the telephone.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Gary asked.
"They can't find Casey. They can't find Casey." She looked at him and started to cry. "I have to get over to my Dad's." She started for the door and headed downstairs.
"Wait for me. I just have to put my shoes on." He screamed after her.
Gary quickly put on his shoes and followed her downstairs. When he hit the steps, he saw that the front door was left open. Kaitlyn had already taken off to her mothers. As he started out the door, he remembered about he paper. He turned and ran into the kitchen, picking the paper up off of the table, he begin to frantically flip through it.
There it was on page four. The title read, Four Year Old Missing, Abduction Suspected. There was a picture of Casey. He quickly read the article. "Four year old, Cassandra Kelly, was abducted from her grandparents front yard early Friday morning. Apparently, she was left alone when her older sister went into the house. Neighborhood witnesses say they saw her getting into a car with a male suspect. Police have yet to release a description of the suspect or the car."
Gary closed his eyes and swallowed hard. How could he let this happen? He was so caught up in his own happiness that he didn't even look at the paper this morning.
"Oh, God! Casey." He said out loud and headed for the door.