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Chapter 4 – Eric's POV

I saw Cooper walk in. The man who helped the kidnappers get to Cal. He was the last person I wanted to see right now.

"You're not allowed to be in here." I said. He should know this by now.

"It's about Calleigh. She's still missing, right?"

"Yeah, she's still missing." I really wanted to punch his lights out! "She's been abducted, Coop. Now what do you want?"

He pulled something out of his pocket.

"It's the memory card from the first kidnapping victim, Kathleen Newberry. I thought it might help you find her."

"I hope so." 'Cause if she's not all right, I really am going to let him have it. He's responsible for the disappearance of my love.

Back in A/V Natalia pulled up the photos on the screen. She pointed out the similarities between the two cases. That wasn't making me feel better. Kathleen was killed. I couldn't bear to have anything happen to Calleigh.

"I won't let Calleigh end up like that woman!"

"What's that? What is that line?" Talia asked.

I pulled the photo in for a closer look. More evidence! Maybe it will give us the information we need to find Calleigh! If only we'd have this evidence before! I was angry.

"Their job was to tow. It's not their fault if evidence falls off in transit." Talia said. "We could play 'What if' all day; the important thing is finding her, right?"

"Yeah." I said quietly. She was right. What's wrong with me? I don't usually get like this. It's Calleigh. Calleigh's gone and I miss her. I don't want anything to happen to my girl.

I called Ryan and asked him to stop by the tow yard. If I did it, I'd probably blow up in the guy's face and that wouldn't help anybody.

The string Ryan found was a perfect match to our suspect's shoe. Unfortunately, he wasn't talking, so it wasn't getting us any closer to finding Calleigh.

I miss her so much.

Ryan and I headed down to take another look at the Hummer. I found a bullet in the frame of the door. It was a perfect match to a poker player's gun. Unfortunately, he claimed to have lost it in a poker game last night, but at least it gave us a location to start our search. 1424 Kimberly Street.

When I saw the body on the floor my heart stopped. No! She can't be! Please, God! It wasn't her. I breathed a sigh of relief, but it still hurt. The man who had Cal has killed once. He won't hesitate to do so again.

The body had been cleaned; the whole room had been cleaned. Calleigh had been here. If we'd just known sooner, I might have been holding her in my arms right now! That sounded like heaven, right now, but I have a job to do. No time to dream.

I took a closer look at the wall. Fingerprints. That's odd. Why would someone leave those, but keep the rest of the room spotless? I dusted the wall. It was the number 60. That's my girl! She kept her head on straight and left information for us to follow.

"That means she was alive when she was here." I said.

"Yes, it does … but for how long?" H said. He really wasn't helping!

I knew Horatio wasn't trying to make it harder on me. He didn't even know how I feel about Calleigh. It just hurts so much. My beautiful Calleigh is in the hands of a cold-blooded killer, and there's not a single thing I can do about it! I just wish I could know for certain that she's okay. If I just knew she would make it out alive! I'm so afraid I'll never have a chance to tell her how much I care about her. I'm afraid I'll never get to tell her that I love her. She is the most wonderfully, amazing, beautiful, caring woman I have ever met. She's the woman I love. The woman I want to spend the rest of my life loving. Please, God, I prayed for the umpteenth time, Keep my Calleigh safe. Don't let them hurt her! I took a deep breath and reminded myself of the work I had to do. Panicking isn't bringing us any closer to Calleigh.


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