Sam opened her eyes. Her head was thumping, her vision was blurry and her body was aching all over.She struggled to remember what had happened. She remembered talking to Cooper but not what they were talking about.
She felt sticky and wet and her stomach lurched as she looked down and saw she was covered in blood. Suddenly all her memories came flooding back to her. Coopers father had killed his mother, he blamed the police for not protecting her and he had snatched Sam to get revenge on the force. She remembered him telling she would have to pay for what had happened and then he proceeded to beat her into unconciousness.
She sat perfectly still on the uncomfortable wooden seat so she didn't jar her aching head and closed her eyes as if trying to block out the pain. She thought of Phil, wondered what he was doing just now, wondering how close they were to finding her. She felt so tired and so numb that it wasn't long before her exhaustion carried her off to sleep.
Meanwhile, back at the station, most of the CID officers , including Phil, were gathered around the whiteboard listening to the D.I and the D.C.I talking. Phil knew he should be listening but he couldn;t help his thought wandering to Sam. He was staring at the picture Neil had just placed on the board.
It showed Sam smiling, her blonde hair loose around her shoulders. Phil couldn't help but notice how pretty she looked with the sunlight hitting her hair and her green eyes, making them sparkle. He shook his head slightly trying to remove these thoughts, he shouldn't be thinking about her like that. His thoughts were interrupted by Jack telling him to get down to Sams street and organise a door to door.
Almost an hour later, Phil, Dan and Honey were standing at the end of the street, having knocked on every door but still no closer to finding Sam than they were that morning. They were about to give up and go back to Sun Hill when Will shouted on them from round the corner. Phil ran round to the next street, with every step he took, his hopes getting higher that they had found a new lead. He could see Will crouched down by a red car examining somwthing small and black.
"It's Sams warrant card sarge" he said as Phil got closer. "I found it just under this car."
Will radioed in for a vehicle check.
"This car is registered to a Mr Martin Cooper" Dean said through the radio.
"Martin Cooper? Thats the guy me and Sam were after the day she disappeared. Get forensics down here to examine the car."
Meanwhile, from the attic room of the house which Phil was standing in front of, Martin Cooper was hidden behind the blinds watching the officers on the road outside.
"Looks like your friends have almost found us." He whispered to a sleeping Sam.
"But don't worry, I'll make sure they never get you back..."
