AN: Hello wonderful followers! A special shoutout to Kensi jj, Whiz, tinkrbell 225, jotchLIFE, and the other guest reviewer for sending me your thoughts for chapter five. I'm so thankful for all the wonderful things you had to say. Please keep the coming!

As for the field trip, I survived a week of -50 windchill with all 25 kiddos. They were troopers, and even though I'm exhausted, I couldn't wait to get out another chapter. There's quite a bit of action in this one and things sure get interesting. All I can say is poor Maggie...

Also, I have an idea for another story. I'm working on it slowly because this is my priority, but it's fun to already have another idea. I'm looking forward to more episodes to come and am thrilled the show has been renewed for a second season. Anyway, enjoy!

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OA reappears through the window about fifteen minutes later.

"I was about to come find you," I tell him. He can tell I was worried and does his best to brush it off.

"Eh, they can't stop me." His joke isn't enough to erase the evident worry from my face.

"We do need to make sure Ria and Javí are protected. Did you call Jubal?" he asks.

I nod. "We can't leave until the protective detail arrive. Mosier has a team surveying the area, but what are you willing to bet they don't find Juan?"

That thought gives me the chills- I don't want to think about what could happen to either Ria or Javí if Juan is able to get his hands on them. So, instead I turn my thoughts to things I have control over.

"I'm going to find out the ETA of the protective detail for these two. I'll be right back," I warn OA. Then I walk over to Ria, give her the biggest smile I can manage, and tell her I'll be back as soon as possible. Luckily she doesn't take as much notice with baby Javí on her lap.

I walk to the door and head for the hallway. I stop just before I completely pass the window to the room where OA waits with the kids so I can see Ria. She is talking to the baby she's holding, brushing his cheek, and I smile as I call Jubal.

I'm happy to find out the team assigned to protect the two is only 10 minutes out. That means that soon OA and I can start hunting down Juan. It can't come fast enough. For now, I take a moment to compose myself and turn to head back into the room when I hear a soft voice beside me.

"Can you help me?" she asks.

I turn to look, and it's all I can do to not let out a gasp. Before me is a girl who looks exceptionally like Ria, only a few years older. They have the same striking eyes and I know this must be Ria's sister, Eva. I immediately want to call OA, to warn him that something is going on but I can't without alarming the girl. Who knows why she's here or who brought her. She could very well lead me back to Juan or someone who can. I have no choice but to go along with it, with her.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" I ask.

"I can't find my momma. Can you help me please?"

She's so soft spoken, so sweet it's impossible to imagine she could be doing anything to cause harm to me or anyone else. For just a moment I wonder if I want Juan so bad I'm making things up just because I can. But then I see it. The one moment of hesitation that gives her away. So I give my gentlest smile, nod at her, and say, "where did you last see her?"

The girl looks as if she is thinking, as if she's trying to remember. "Well, she left me in the lobby and said she needed to use the bathroom. But it was a long time so I thought maybe she came back up here to check on my sister. Maybe she is back downstairs?"

It's clever and I can tell the line is rehearsed only because I've been trained to sense lies. She's using half truth which makes it easier to pass a lie off as truth. But if she wants to take me to the person who brought her, I'll go willingly and readily. I'm ready to end this. Now.

"Let's go check," I tell her as she grabs my hand. We walk down the to lobby and she's growing more and more agitated. I try to small talk with her, see what I can discover but she doesn't say much.

"Do you see her anywhere?" I ask sincerely, though I already know the answer.

She shakes her head, looking as if she's going to cry. I wonder again if I'm on the wrong track, but then I see her tense up and I see she's making eye contact with someone.

Then she says, "maybe she went to the car to see if I went there."

The man she was looking at walks out the door and she tries pulling me along. I follow her to the front entrance as we turn toward the parking garage on the left.

"We parked up there," she says finally which is funny because the man we followed out got into a van right ahead near where she pointed.

I nod and keep walking. Suddenly we stop maybe thirty feet from the van. She is tearing up again, and I can tell she is upset.

"What's wrong?" I asked, tilting my head.

"I'm really sorry," she says. "You are being so kind. I'm sorry." Then she starts running in the direction we were walking I hurry to try to catch her mindful of that van. The disappears between the van and the truck on the far side. I pull my gun ready to confront who has Eva. As I come around to the driver's side, gun raised, I see that the side door is open and Eva is inside. She is crying and begins crying even harder as she sees me approach.

The man inside raises his hand looking surprised. I open the door.

"Get out!" I yell at him pointing my gun at his head. But then he smiles wickedly as he glances behind him and I realize that Eva was a better distraction than I could have imagined because a hand sneaks around my face and presses a cloth to my face while the other arm wraps around me holding me to him. The man in the car quickly hits my hands and grabs the gun rendering me useless. I only managed to get off one shot and it hit the ground near my feet.

My thoughts frantic, drift back to OA, Ria and Javí before wondering if I'll make it out of this alive. I know I've messed up, that I made this easy for them by letting my guard down even as I was sure I was being careful. How will OA find me? What do I have on me to help myself. Just as I feel the chemicals on the cloth begin to steal my fight I hear my name coming from far away. It's OA and I smile. He won't stop fighting, won't stop looking for me. I just hope it's not too late.

Then, blackness.