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Texas Ranger. I'm just borrowing them.
They all stared at the stranger standing in the door. She reminded them of someone they knew well. Walker was the one who recovered first and spoke.
"Can we help you, miss.....?"
"Cooke. Sylvia Cooke." She saw the looks on their faces and added "Yes, I'm Sydney's sister, her younger sister. I passed by my parents' house a little while ago and got your message. They are out of the country at the moment."
"What were you doing there then?" asked Trivette.
"Watering their plants. Look...I'm afraid to ask, but Sydney is missing isn't she?"
Alex walked over to the young woman and offered her a seat at Walker's desk. She sat down with a terrified expression on her face.
Gage studied the woman. She looked so much like Sydney. She was maybe five years younger but they had the same hair-colour. They had the same colour in their eyes too and they moved the same way.
Sylvia looked around at all the new faces surrounding her.
"Oh god, no. I was hoping I was wrong, but I take it that's not the case."
"How did you know she was missing, Miss Cooke?" asked Gage.
Then something unexpected happened. Sylvia Cooke opened her purse and took out a photo of a man. He was good-looking and maybe twenty-five years old on the picture. He had long blond hair and blue eyes and reminded of a movie-star, the kind that starred in romantic movies about a couple in love. The kind of movie that made people cry at the end.
"This is Johnny Lawrence. The man responsible for all this." Sylvia had tears streaming down her face that told she knew what she was talking about.
Walker picked up the photo and took a closer look at it. "Miss Cooke..."
"Call me Sylvia, please. I feel I already know all of you. Syd has told me so much about you." She turned to Gage. "Especially you ranger Gage."
Gage wasn't sure what to say so he just smiled in return.
"Sylvia, are you trying to tell us that this man" he pointed at the photo "kidnapped Sydney?"
She nodded.
"And why do you think that?"
"I don't think, I know so. My sister has told me a lot about you, but I'm pretty sure she hasn't told you very much about her past."
Gage knew that was true.
Sylvia looked nervously at the rangers and the attorney. She wasn't sure if she could trust them or not. Sydney trusted them with her life, she knew that. But she was not her sister, never had been and never would be.
"This is not easy for me to tell you, I promised Sydney I wouldn't but I don't think I have a choice anymore."
Alex handed her a tissue. She grabbed a chair and sat down next to the younger woman and put an arm around her shaking shoulders
"You can trust us, Sylvia. If what you know can help us find Sydney, then you have got to trust us so we can help you get her back."
"Alright. I will."
The Rangers made themselves a little more comfortable and Sylvia Cooke began her story.
To be continued
They all stared at the stranger standing in the door. She reminded them of someone they knew well. Walker was the one who recovered first and spoke.
"Can we help you, miss.....?"
"Cooke. Sylvia Cooke." She saw the looks on their faces and added "Yes, I'm Sydney's sister, her younger sister. I passed by my parents' house a little while ago and got your message. They are out of the country at the moment."
"What were you doing there then?" asked Trivette.
"Watering their plants. Look...I'm afraid to ask, but Sydney is missing isn't she?"
Alex walked over to the young woman and offered her a seat at Walker's desk. She sat down with a terrified expression on her face.
Gage studied the woman. She looked so much like Sydney. She was maybe five years younger but they had the same hair-colour. They had the same colour in their eyes too and they moved the same way.
Sylvia looked around at all the new faces surrounding her.
"Oh god, no. I was hoping I was wrong, but I take it that's not the case."
"How did you know she was missing, Miss Cooke?" asked Gage.
Then something unexpected happened. Sylvia Cooke opened her purse and took out a photo of a man. He was good-looking and maybe twenty-five years old on the picture. He had long blond hair and blue eyes and reminded of a movie-star, the kind that starred in romantic movies about a couple in love. The kind of movie that made people cry at the end.
"This is Johnny Lawrence. The man responsible for all this." Sylvia had tears streaming down her face that told she knew what she was talking about.
Walker picked up the photo and took a closer look at it. "Miss Cooke..."
"Call me Sylvia, please. I feel I already know all of you. Syd has told me so much about you." She turned to Gage. "Especially you ranger Gage."
Gage wasn't sure what to say so he just smiled in return.
"Sylvia, are you trying to tell us that this man" he pointed at the photo "kidnapped Sydney?"
She nodded.
"And why do you think that?"
"I don't think, I know so. My sister has told me a lot about you, but I'm pretty sure she hasn't told you very much about her past."
Gage knew that was true.
Sylvia looked nervously at the rangers and the attorney. She wasn't sure if she could trust them or not. Sydney trusted them with her life, she knew that. But she was not her sister, never had been and never would be.
"This is not easy for me to tell you, I promised Sydney I wouldn't but I don't think I have a choice anymore."
Alex handed her a tissue. She grabbed a chair and sat down next to the younger woman and put an arm around her shaking shoulders
"You can trust us, Sylvia. If what you know can help us find Sydney, then you have got to trust us so we can help you get her back."
"Alright. I will."
The Rangers made themselves a little more comfortable and Sylvia Cooke began her story.
To be continued