Chapter 5 *Sid's P.O.V.*
Silently, I crawled out of bed, careful not to wake Tobey. The sun was starting to rise, and Mr. Wu and Barney haven't woken up yet. Neither has Tobey. Mr. Wu has even been cutting us some slack since Sue's disappearance.
It's been two days since Sue went missing, and no one's called about her. I promised Tobey we would hang the posters up today, and hand them out to people passing by.
I walked down the stairs, and each stair creaked when I put weight on it. Carefully, I walked to the kitchen, where I found Nana researching. The cookbook was next to her. I greeted her.
"Hi Nana. What are you researching?" I asked as I took an apple from the basket on the counter. While washing it in the sink, she looked up and smiled at me.
"I'm trying to see if there is a recipe or something we could use to see where Sue might be." Nana answered me. I nodded, then took a bite from my apple. It tasted juicy and sweet, and make a loud sucking sound as I pulled the fleshy part of the fruit away from the center.
"Isn't there a recipe you might remember that maybe the three of us hadn't found yet?" I asked taking another bite from my apple.
Nana chuckled. "Sid! Do you know how many recipes there are?!"
"Um . . . No."
She laughed again. "Exactly! Even I don't know how many there are! But I do know there is a lot. No one can remember them all!"
I nodded in understanding. I tried to take one more bite from my apple, but I couldn't. I was too lost in my thoughts. Staring at the ground, I said, "Well Nana, if you research and find the right recipe, and find it's location, Tobey and I could get it for you, right? Then you can use it to find out where Sue is."
Nana stared down at her books, and nodded. "Sid, your right. That is possible. I will need your help, Tobey's too. I can research and find where the right recipe is."
"What recipe? Don't tell me we have to look for another recipe!" Tobey cried as he ran down the stairs.
"Don't worry Tobey, we want to look for a recipe this time, Tobe." I said.
"Why would we want to, Sid?!" Tobey objected.
"Because, a recipe might help us find out where Sue is. I just hope she's still in Chinatown . . ." I said quietly.
"Oh." he said, then looked at Nana, and she nodded.
"The police now have taken full responsibility for this, and are trying just as hard as us to find Sue." Nana said.
I stared down at my apple, then asked, "Nana, is it possible for Sue to have been kidnapped?"
Nana nodded. "Very. In fact, I think she was kidnapped."
"By who?" I asked, and Tobey added,
"Kong Li!"
"Maybe . . . We need to find her soon. I've heard that kidnap victims usually are murdered after the first couple of days of capture . . ." Nana said quietly, then went back to her textbooks. As she flipped through the pages, she said, "Boys, I want you two to go to school. It will keep your minds off of Sue. Being stressed won't help you focus, and I need you two on top of things. And I want you two to see if you can get information from others. People might not have seen your "MISSING" flyers, or they were too scared to call us. Do you understand?"
We exchanged glances, and nodded hesitantly. "Yeah Nana, we got it."
She smiled at us, then said, "Well boys, you better get ready for school."
~Three Delivery~
Quickly, we rode our bikes to school. I was ahead of Tobey most of the time, he kept staring at the ground, seemingly lost in thought. I slowed down next to him, then smiled, and asked with concern, "What's wrong buddy?"
"It's all my fault . . ."
"It's not your fault. You didn't know, no one knew. She'll be home save and sound soon, just you wait!" I said, trying to stay positive.
"Because I messed with her stuff and got her mad . . . Now her captor probably is torturing her as we speak!"
"Tobey! Don't talk like that!"
"But what if it's true?!"
"Tobey . . ." I said, but saw we reached the school. We hopped the curb just as a rusty old car pulled up. As we locked out bikes, a girl with her face covered with the hood of her sweatshirt got out of the car. A man came out of the driver's side. The man looked suspicious, while the girl stared at me. Creepy.
Then I noticed Tobey was staring at the empty rack next to him. It was where Sue usually parked her bike. He was crying. Smiling, I laid my hand on his shoulder. "Come on, let's go. We'll look for Sue after school." I promised.
Tobey looked at me, and smiled. He nodded. "Okay." I smiled back, and we both started to walk up to the school. I looked back at the girl, and saw her receiving a note from the man. Something about that girl made my heart throb. I wondered why.
To Be Continued . . .