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Disappearing and Worse Condition
Dylan

After Charlie greeted us all the next day, he immediately asked about Catherine.

"She's in a comma Charlie," I said, no emotion in my voice. All the sadness I had felt the day before had been replaced by anger and anticipation to get Norris and Jacob.

"Dylan," Charlie said. "I realize that you are very angry, but we must approach Norris and Jacob very carefully. And try to keep in mind, Angels, Anthony, that we were hired to recover the stolen paintings."

"They could have killed Cathy!" I said angrily. "Are you saying I should forget all about what they did to Catherine, Charlie?"

"No Dylan," he answered in a soothing voice. "I just don't want to see you go to jail because you killed Norris and Jacob."

I sighed and then asked weakly, "Then what are we supposed to do?"

"Since we have proof from Ms. Crown that Norris and Jacob were both involved in the robbery," Charlie said. "You should all go to the Norris' mansion and see if you can find any evidence of the paintings."

"But Charlie-" Alex started to say.

"Girls," Charlie said, interrupting her. "The best thing we can do right now is find the paintings in the Norris' possession. Once you have done that, then you can inform the police of Norris and Jacob's involvement in Catherine's beating."

Half an hour later, Natalie, Alex and I were walking up to the front door of Norris' mansion.

Anthony was waiting in the car which was parked down the street, so no one in the mansion would see him.

Alex knocked on the door and then turned to me and Natalie. "You guys remember what we're going to be doing?" she asked.

We both nodded. To get into the house, we were posing as three inspectors from the city. We were going to pretend that we needed to check all the air conditioning vents in the house. This way, we could look in every room of the mansion and try to find the paintings.

Alex knocked on the door again, louder this time. When no one answered, she looked through the window that was next to the door. "Hey guys-" she began to say.

"You ladies need something?" a voice behind us said.

We turned around to find an older woman standing on the walkway.

"We're from the City Health Office," Natalie said, smiling. "We need to inspect the air conditioning vents in the house."

"Well I'm afraid you've come a little too late," the woman said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"The Norris' left late last night," the woman answered.

"She's right," Alex said. "There are boxes and crates in the foyer."

"Do you know where they went at all?" I asked the woman.

"I imagine Hawaii," she answered. "Jay told me they have a home there."

"Thank you very much for your help ma'am," Natalie said, motioning for us to leave.

"Glad I could," the woman said.

We walked past her and then down the street to Anthony's car. We got inside and we took off the wigs we had been wearing.

"What h-happened?" Anthony asked.

"They're gone," I said grimly as I let my hair down from the ponytail holder.

"They went back to Hawaii," Natalie said.

"And they definitely took the paintings with them," Alex said.

Anthony and I walked down the sixth floor of the hospital where Catherine was. As we neared her room, we saw Adam, who was sitting in a chair in the hallway.

"Anything new Adam?" I asked once we had reached him.

"Looking up at us, Adam shook his head. "They say she's still in bad shape," he said.

"I'm going to go in," I said to him.

Adam nodded, and then said, "They let me go in for ten minutes now, so it's probably the same for you." He looked at the bouquet of flowers I had brought with me and smiled. "She loves those," he said.

I smiled back at him and then walked over to the room, opening the door and going inside.

Since it was day, the window next to Catherine's bed was opened and then sunlight poured into the room.

Despite this, I was saddened to see that Catherine looked worse then the night before. I walked over to the bed and took her hand. "Hi Cathy," I whispered softly. "I've come to see how you were doing."

There was a slight pause and then I started talking again. "I've brought you some flowers," I said. I put the vase with the bouquet on the little table next to the bed. Then I picked two of the flowers.

"I got these kinds because I figured you might like them," I said to Catherine. Then I put the orange hibiscus and rose into her hair. "They didn't have jasmine, or else I would have gotten some." I stared down and her unmoving body. "Cathy," I whispered, sitting on the very edge of the bed. "Norris and Jacob have gone to Hawaii. Natalie, Alex, Anthony and I are going to go after them. We'll find the paintings and get them back into the museum."

I became quiet after that and after listening to the machines for a while, I started to cry.

"Please don't leave me Cathy," I said, letting tears fall down my cheeks onto the blanket covering Catherine. "I lost my mother and I don't want to lose you. Not now. Not after we've finally found one another."

I leaned forward and kissed Catherine's cheek and then her forehead. "Come back Cathy, there are a lot of people here who love you," I said. "Including me." I gave her hand a quick squeeze before getting up and leaving the room.

Outside, Adam came up to me and placed a comforting hand on my arm. "Anthony told me the Norris' left for Hawaii," he said after a few moments.

I loved over at Anthony in surprise. He never really talked too much with anyone but me. "That's right," I said.

"There mansion there is outside the town of Laie on Oahu," Adam said.

I nodded. Then I reached into my pocket and pulled out a business card. "My cell phone," I explained. "Call me if there's any change at all."

"I will," Adam said. "Good luck."

I nodded to him and then walked with Anthony out of the hospital to my car.

Our plane to Hawaii would be leaving in four hours.