Chapter 3
He raced the kids over to the neighbor's and then went back to his house, grabbed his field kit and then raced back out to his driveway. He put gloves on and then grabbed his tweezers from his kit. He picked up the gold fingernail and bagged it for evidence. He then called his team for help and within minutes his house was flooded with people who were trying to find Jackie.
"I think my ex girlfriend Savannah Jadine might have something to do with this, I ran into her at the restaurant when I was buying lunch last night and she gave me a hug. That was when I noticed her long fingernails. I just found this in my driveway." Nick said to Brass as he held up the bag with the fingernail in it.
"Where is Jackie's van?" Brass asked.
"I don't know, it was gone when I got home this morning." Nick said.
Brass looked at his friend, Nick looked like he might throw up
"Hey Nicky, we'll find her." Brass said as he gave Nick a comforting pat on the shoulder.
Nick nodded.
"Did you check for signs of forced entry?" Brass asked Nick.
"Yes, there isn't any."
"Would Jackie open the door for your ex girlfriend?" Brass asked.
"No, she doesn't know Savannah, Jackie doesn't open the door for anyone, especially if she is alone with the kids, she never did even before we had kids but now she's even more cautious about it."
"Would Jackie ever leave the door unlocked so someone could walk right in?"
"Hell no, she checks all the doors and windows about five times before she goes to bed at night, she'd never ever leave the door unlocked, not even in the day. In fact the other day I got a little upset with her because I went out to get the mail and out of habit she locked the door right behind me and I was locked out."
Nick closed his eyes and thought about the very brief argument the couple had had recently, he'd give anything to be back in that situation right now.
Brass nodded "Hang in there Nicky, I'm going to go talk to your neighbors, maybe they saw or heard something."
Nick nodded as he watched Brass walk away.
Just then Nick's phone rang, Jackie the caller ID read.
"Jackie, honey, where are you?" Nick said in a panic as he answered.
"Hi Nicky." Came a fake sweet sounding voice.
"Savannah" Nick whispered.
TBC….