Phil told Sam that they should leave giving the laptop in until the morning so they'd have the whole day to try and convict Hugh and get a confession from him, plus find where Abi was. Sam wanted to just get on with it, find her daughter and put Hugh where he belonged but in the end she admitted Phil's idea was for the better. Phil made sure Sam was going to be alright before leaving her and going back to his own flat. He had to admit that her company had been nice and he preferred her company in comparison to being alone. Phil couldn't deny he had feelings for Sam, he had done since the tunnels when he'd tried to kiss her because she wasn't the manipulative, cold bitch she made herself out to be. Underneath it all she was sensitive, lonely and in need of love. She was just too stubborn to admit that she loved someone, Phil knew it was because she'd been hurt alot in the past. That's what made her cold, all he needed was her to let him in and everything would be fine.
Phil got into work and looked for any sight of Sam's car, there was none and he wondered if they were already on their way to arrest Hugh. He thought of likely candidates that would be arresting hugh, but they popping up from round corridors, out of rooms, coming down stairs. Phil knocked on the DCI's door and entered when "Come In" was called.
He walked in. "Guv has Sam come to see you this morning?"
"No. Why?"
"Well umm ... she was suppose to come and talk to you about evidence she had that proved who has Abi hostage." Phil stuttered.
"What? How the hell did she get evidence like that?" Jack asked.
"We kind of broke into the persons house and stole this guys laptop."
"Phil!" Jack shouted.
"But! ... it has everything on there. The files to make the website, the pictures, the video settings." Phil continued.
Jack sat back in his chair. "Who has her then?"
"Hugh."
"Wallis?!" Jack shouted again.
"Yeah, but if she hasn't been to see you yet then can i go roudn to her house and check she's alright?" Phil asked.
"Maybe she's just running late."
"I don't think so you see yesterday, while I was taking the laptop to the car Sam was still searching in Hugh's house and Hugh came back home, he caught her in his house. If he realised the laptop was missing he could hurt her." Phil told him worriedly.
"Alright, but I'm coming with you." Jack grabbed his coat and they made their way to Phil's car, jumping in Phil sped off while jack was still attempting to put his seat belt on. To Phil it felt like a lifetime while he drove through the streets of Sun Hill, to jack it felt like a lifetime too ... of terror but in reality it was five to ten minutes.
Phil parked and went up to the door and hammered once but before he got another chance the door swung open. He cast a puzzled look at Jack then they both walked in, ASP's ready just in case. They walked into the lounge, a cup of coffee was still on the mantle peice, steaming ever so slightly, Jack checked downstairs while Phil tried upstairs. He checked in the bedroom, the bed was made and the curtains drew back. A suit was hanging up ready with a light pink scarf. The wardrobe doors were wide open and some clothes seemed to be missing because there was quite a few hangers with nothing on them. Next to the bed where he'd seen sam put the laptop on a bedsite set of draws was nothing. She couldn't have gone anywhere in her pyjama's so he tried the other rooms. Spare room in yellow, he opened another door and felt awkward. It was Abi's room, it was just the kind of rooma teenager should have. He shut the door partly out of respect then heard runnign water coming from the last room, he knocked the door.
"Sam are you in here?" When no reply came he opened the door expecting to hear a petrified scream. No such sound came, the semi see through shower curtain showed that noone was stood taking a shower although the water was running still. He turned it off and burnt his hand, it showed how long the water had been running for.
He walked back down the stairs.
"Anything?" jack asked.
Phil shook his head. "The shower was still on, her suit was still ready for her, bed made and it looked like someone had hurriedly packed a bag or something I don't know. Laptop, gone."
"Right, well we'll get forensics to come down here and check the place out. You never can tell what they'll find. Meanwhile we'll report her missing and call round to Hugh's."