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CHAPTER 6 – The Other Guy

16 hours missing

"I checked on Patrick Sands. Just to see where he's been and what he's been up to," Danny began and thumbed through his notes. "He went to visit Towers just three times in the eight years Towers was incarcerated. The first time was just after his sentencing. The second about three weeks after that and the last visit was six weeks into Towers' sentence. After that, no contact between the two. No phone calls, no letters, no visits—nothing."

Jack fiddled with a marker, "So what happened? Is Sands dead?"

Danny shook his head, "Nope. We found a letter from Towers to Sands in Towers' room at the halfway house and it was returned to Towers unopened," Danny pulled out a crumpled letter sealed in an evidence bag. "It turns out that Towers dumped Sands during that third visit. Said 'the entire affair had been a mistake' and goes on to say that Towers didn't want Sands to waste his time waiting around like some 'jail floozy,'" Danny arched an eyebrow and added, "His words!"

Viv and Elena exchanged a glance and a quick grin. Jack just got impatient, "Go on, Danny."

"Uh, yeah. So, that's the jist of the letter. I'm thinking Sands took it hard. I mean, he's totally gay. None of this dancing on the fence stuff that Towers was doin' and Sands was really in love with this guy—for whatever reason. So maybe Sands finds out that Towers is getting' out and he wants revenge for his broken heart."

"So he takes Sam?" Elena asked.

"Maybe. What do you think, Jack? All this time we've been chasing Towers, and Sands is having a huge laugh. We catch Towers, and Sands gets revenge," Danny proposes.

Jack nods and begins to pace, "Let's look at this. Martin, you used Sands to get at Towers, right?"

Martin looked up from the stain on the table he had been staring at ever since Danny had begun explaining his theory. "Yeah, I did. This makes sense, Jack. We've been looking at the suspects of my old cases, not the witnesses. Not the people I jerked around to get what I wanted. Not the innocent people who dealt with all the fallout of my investigations," his tone had gone bitter and sarcastic.

Jack put out a hand, "Now, wait a minute Martin. We started exactly where we needed to. Don't blame yourse-."

"Who do you propose I do blame?" Martin nearly shouted.

Vivian came up quietly next to Martin, "You blame exactly who needs to be blamed, Leon Towers and Patrick Sands. They made this situation what it is and they are to blame for kidnapping Samantha and putting her in danger. Not you, Martin. Never forget that. This isn't your fault!" She finished by putting her hand on the younger agent's arm and giving it a gentle squeeze. "So," she turned towards Danny, "where is Patrick Sands now? Where does he work? Live? Hang out with?"

Danny shrugged, "I have an address in Queens, but for the rest, I hadn't gotten that far, Viv."

Elena caught Danny's eye, "I'll get started on his phone records."

Jack gave the rest of the team directions, "Good, Danny, check out his employment history. Viv, I want you and Martin to check out his living situation and I'll get a warrant to search it just as fast as I can," he caught Martin's eye, "We'll find her, Martin. Don't lose it yet."

What else could he do? Martin gave himself a mental shake and nodded to Jack as he grabbed his coat headed towards the elevators, Vivian right beside him. Thank god for Viv. She was the voice of calm and reason. She knew how he had to be hurting and didn't push for conversation. She did, however, grab the keys, "I'm driving, kid!"