Chapter 3: The Mystery

The next morning Rick woke up and rolled over expecting his wife to be there. She wasn't there this time but in her place was a note written in her hand.

Dear Rick,

I have gone to Egypt on an expedition alone. I need alone time to think things over between us. I know that we haven't had problems but I wanted to think about where we are going in this relationship.

Love,

Evy

Rick sat there and thought this isn't like Evy to just run from me without telling me first. All this just seemed to odd for Evy's normal behavior. Why would Evy run off without telling Rick. That's when it hit him, get a copy of Evy's handwriting and compare it to the note that was written by 'her'. He had gotten the idea from watching so many CSI, and other detective type shows. He ran down to the kitchen where Evy always left him a list of things to do but there was no list so he knew that Evy had not left by herself. The list was the most important thing to her next to saying good bye to every body. It gave Rick plenty to do when he was home by himself or wanted to go shopping with Jenny (shopping with Jenny didn't happen very much because usually Rick would say he was going then come up with something that let him stay home and sit on his butt).

"Jonathan! Evy's missing! Do you know where she is!" Rick was yelling at the loudest volume he could so it wasn't to long before Jonathan woke up.

"What do you mean she's missing? Did she leave you a list of things to do?" Jonathan knew about the list because he would make fun of Rick on a normal basis for doing things that a woman told him to do. Jonathan would also get smacked on a normal basis for saying something about it, not by Rick but by his wife.

"No Jonathan! That was the first thing I looked for after I read this." He handed Jonathan the note that 'Evy' left this morning.

"This isn't like Evy. She would have at least told you or Jenny where she was going. Jenny!" Jonathan went back into his room not remembering seeing Jenny this morning. If any one was to check on Evy it was Jenny. As soon as Rick said that she was missing Jenny would jump all over it.

"That's what I thought after I saw the note. You wouldn't happen to have a scrap of paper that she had written something on? Perhaps a letter or something? Wait, the letters she sent me." Rick ran to his room and couldn't find any of her letters to him.

"Jenny's missing! And there was a note." Jonathan handed Rick another note. The note was about the same except it said that she went with Evy to Egypt instead of her going on her own. It explained that Jenny was going to follow her to find out where she was going.

"Do you have any of your letters with you?" Rick asked wanting to hear a yes but to no avail did he get one.

"They are missing. I already checked for them and they weren't where I put them." Jonathan was getting just as worried as Rick was. Jenny and Evy both would have told their husbands where they were going even if they had to wake them up. Then Evy would write a list of things that Rick could do with his free time. Neither of which had happened as I have already written so in the conclusion Rick went to the police for help.

When Rick came back home he had been followed by two police who wanted to see the notes and any place that the women might have been. A detective had been one of the two police officers. He had found several signs that they had walked out together and walked out on there own free will. Then he saw a set of tracks that did not mach Rick, Jonathan, or either of the other tracks that had been left by a woman of about Evy and Jenny's weight. It was a total mystery, no one knew who could have entered the house without disturbing someone else then it hit the detective.

"Was it possible that your wife heard the sound then your wife heard her and they went down together to see what it was? When they entered the room here they were met by a man at the door how either had a gun pointed at them or told them a lie about something and took them away?"

"It's possible because I am a heavier sleeper then Evy is and Jenny usually gets up when she does so they might have come down together. Whether or not the man had a gun I do not know."

"We will get to the bottom of this sir. I will assure you that we will find your wives." With that the detective and officer left the house. All Rick and Jonathan could do now was hope that they were found safe and sound.

"I'm not waiting for police to find them. I am going after my wife." Rick got up from the couch and went to his room to start packing. He was going to go to Egypt to figure out if she was there or not. He would first check the airport then all hotels in Egypt if he had to.