Hey where have I been? I don't know. Sorry. Sorry. I just get so busy. Well here you go for those still reading. Thanks for the support. For those of you who are new, welcome.

Chapter 8

Jake shivered as he stapled another flier to a telephone pole. The snow was coming down really hard. A few people involved in the search for Sarah had gone inside for the day. The cold weather was bringing the state to a standstill. It was like mother nature was helping the kidnappers cover their track.

Jake was making his way down Maple Avenue when Kate pulled up in her car.

"Jake, what are you doing? It's too cold to be out," exclaimed Kate, stepping into the cold.

"I'm helping out, mom," replied Jake, stapling another flier to a tree.

"Jake, come on. Look at you. Your lips won't stop trembling," said Kate, helping Jake into the warm car. Jake sighed and let himself warm up as Kate got in next to him.

"Mom, we can't give up. We need to keep looking," urged Jake.

"I never said we were going to give up. We're just going to stay in the van as we go around town," explained Kate. Jake nodded as Kate started to drive to the next street.

"We're going to find her. I know we are," whispered Jake.

"I know it too. Sarah is coming home," replied Kate. She stopped on Fisher Drive and helped Jake put up some fliers. Although they worked for a good two hours, they still felt helpless.

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David and Jim were both thrilled to get out of the cold. Just the walk from the parking lot of the gymnasium to the building had been hell.

"This cold weather is not helping us," muttered David as he shook snow off his jacket.

"if it gets any colder, we're going to have to pull the volunteers in," sighed Jim. And that meant the trail would grow even colder, if that was possible. However they were hoping for a big break today. The gymnasium where Sarah had been taken from had installed cameras outside a few months ago to catch vandals. Sarah had disappeared from an area without one but hopefully the van had passed by one before grabbing Sarah or after.

They found Dawn Loren, Sarah's dance coach, waiting for them.

"Hey, Dawn. Thanks for meeting with us," greeted Jim, shaking Dawn's hand.

"My pleasure. Anything I can do to help Sarah," replied Dawn.

"This is Sarah's uncle, David. He's a FBI profiler helping us out," introduced Jim. Dawn shook David's hand.

"A pleasure," replied Dawn. She handed Jim a box with four tapes in it.

"These are the tapes from that night. We have four cameras. Hopefully that van you were telling me about is on one of them," exclaimed Dawn.

"I hope so too. For Sarah's sake."

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Sarah was woken up to the door of her room opening. The masked man who looked after her came in with a sandwich and glass of milk.

"Eat," ordered the man in a deliberately deep voice. He was trying to disguise his voice. It was working. Sarah had no idea who he was.

"Why are you doing this?" asked Sarah, standing up.

"Eat," said the man again.

"Look just let me go before you get in trouble," ordered Sarah, getting mad. She was getting sick of this. The man scoffed and closed the door, locking it behind him. Sarah sighed and picked up the sandwich. She took a big bite and was surprised to find that it was actually pretty good. Roast beef. She devoured it and gulped the milk, burping afterwards, She smiled. Jake would have laughed. With a belly full of food Sarah laid down and closed her eyes. People were coming for her. She just had to be patient.

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Kate and Jake pulled up to the police station. Tom had called and said the police had their best lead yet. Jake and Kate ran into the station, ignoring the cold. Henry, Charlie, and Nora were waiting with Tom.

"What's going on, dad?" asked Jake.

"A witness says she saw a light colored van speeding out of the parking lot. If the van shows up on the video camera footage, we've got the guy who took Sarah," exclaimed Tom. Kate squealed.

"Oh my God, that's wonderful news, Tom," exclaimed Kate. Jake wasn't convinced. This guy had taken Sarah from a crowded building and no one had seen a thing. He hadn't left a trace and had come and gone as if he was a ghost. There was no way he had been caught on a video camera. When Kate and Tom went off to talk, he shared his concern with his siblings.

"Sometimes it's the simples things that help catch a bad guy," argued Nora.

"I don't know. Jake's right. This guy is smarter then this," exclaimed Henry.

"Well, let's hope he messed up," added Charlie. David suddenly came running up.

"We got him. Driving up on the south entrance. License plate number 2LP A64. We're heading over there now," explained David. He promised to keep them informed. They just needed to go home and wait. The Bakers were happy to. It was already becoming a long day. But hopefully this would all end. Hopefully this was it. But Jake a sick feeling down in his belly, that this was only the beginning.