It had been 5 days since Amy had disappeared. Matt heard something about Terri's daughter being gone too but he wasn't sure if it was true or not. He looked like crap and hadn't slept at all in the past few days. Vince decided to give him and Jeff some time off, so they wouldn't have to worry about working. The police were now involved but they hadn't had much luck finding anything. They checked the hotel cameras that they had outside the hotel and got a description of what the men looked like. They identified the man as Amy's dad. They were still looking for information about who the other man was.
At Jeff's House
"Why?" Matt kept asking Jeff. "I don't know," was all that Jeff could tell his brother. He knew Matt wouldn't sleep and he would hardly eat. It wasn't doing him much doing either of these things. All Jeff could think of was, What happens if they kill her? He knew he shouldn't have been thinking like that, but that was all he could think about because it seemed like they didn't have a very good chance on finding her. If she died what would happen to Matt? He probably wouldn't want to even live anymore. Then Jeff didn't know what he would do without Matt or Amy. Matt was his best friend. He had to do something. He had to help Matt and he had to find Amy. It almost seemed selfish that the only thing that would motivate him to do something was the thought that he could lose his brother. That's when he realized how boring and dull his life had been without Amy. He realized he loved her more than he ever even knew. Not the romantic kind of love but she was closer to him than a sister ever could have been. He just prayed that they find and soon before something bad happens to her or Matt. I have to be strong for Matt, Jeff thought. It doesn't help him any seeing me sit around and be sad and have no hope either. Jeff was just about to ask Matt if he wanted to go somewhere and get something to eat when the phone rang. Matt raced to the phone although it WAS Jeff's house. "Hello?" Matt said. "What?…No we're fine dad…Ok…I'm sure…No, Vince gave us a few days off…Yes I'm sure we're alright…OK talk to you later…Yup…bye dad." Jeff could see the disappointment in Matt's face every time he would answer the phone. It was always someone calling to check on them, which disappointed him even more. "Matt, do you want to go get something to eat?" Jeff asked. "No," Matt replied gloomily. "Matt you have to eat. Do you want me to bring you something back?" "No Jeff I am a big boy. I can take care of myself," Matt snapped. "Ok, Ok," Jeff said. "Sorry. Well I'm going to get something to eat. If anything happens call me," Jeff said grabbing his coat and walking out the door. How the hell can he be so happy and just go about as if nothing was wrong and Amy was still here with us? Matt thought. I have to get some sleep, Matt thought. Jeff is right I need to do something. He went into the room he had been sleeping in lately. He stripped down to his boxers and crawled in bed. He lay there for an hour; he was almost asleep when he heard the phone ring again. He figured it was Vince, his dad, or one of their friends so he let the machine get it, not even bothering to get up. He heard the answering machine pick up, "Hey, you have reached Jeff's house. I'll call you back as soon as I get a chance…beep…This is Detective Brown from The Cameron Police Department. Please call me as soon as you get the chance. I have some news to tell you." Matt jumped out of bed and ran to the phone. His heart was pounding and he hoped the news that he had to tell him was good news. He picked up the phone and dialed the detective's number. "Detective Brown," he answered. "Hello, this is Matt Hardy. You called about a minute ago, but I couldn't get to the phone." "Matt, I'm so glad you're home. I have some good news and bad news. The good news is we've found Amy. The bad news is we haven't found her father or the other man. I am on my way to the hospital to see if Amy can tell us anything. You are welcome to come. I think it would be good for her to see some friends and her family. I don't even know what condition she is in right now so we might not even be able to talk to her." "Thank you so much for calling me right away," Matt said. "Well you might not be able to see her right when you get there because they called me and told me they found her as they were on their way to the hospital so they probably have to do some tests and things. They said she wasn't in too good of a condition, so don't get your hopes too high." "Ok. Thank you again. What hospital will she be at?" "They said they were taking her to Mercy Hospital." "Alright, I'll be there right away." "Ok, see you there," the detective said. Matt hung up the phone and flew upstairs. He wasn't even thinking about what condition Amy was in. He just knew that she was alive and that's all that mattered at that moment. He threw some clothes on and rushed out the door.
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