Eyal dressed quickly and was out, pulling away in his car within 15 minutes. He checked his watch; he only had 4 ½ hours to find Avi.
Eyal's minds started to spin as he drove. Why did the kidnappers want Avi specifically? Was Avi a target because of his affiliations with Mossad or was it simply an act of opportunity at random? What were his chances of taking on 5 guys at once and getting to Avi without getting Avi or himself hurt? What would Annie encounter in Delaware? Eyal just came up with so many what ifs he was starting to get a headache.
Eyal's drive passed in a blur. He was just pulling on to the street where Auggie's address said one of the two possibles was when the phone rang; it was Auggie.
"Eyal?" Auggie's voice came through the speakerphone.
"Yeah, what is it Auggie?" Eyal replied checking the street numbers looking for the correct house. He was in a nice neighborhood but the closer he seemed to get the more his blood started to boil.
"I just wanted to know what the plan is after we find Avi. Are you headed back to Israel with him? Or are you staying here? I just wanted to book the flights for you because I know that Avi will want to see his mother as soon as possible." Auggie tried to make sure Eyal knew he wasn't being callous and trying to push him out the door. He was just trying to be positive and make all the necessary arrangements that could get Avi back to normalcy. Auggie knew how hard it was to try and move past a trauma and what helped the most was being back in your normal environment.
Eyal paused, he hadn't thought that far. It touched him that Auggie was making the assumption that they would get Avi back and was trying to help get him home.
"Ah, yeah Auggie, I will be taking Avi home to Israel. But…" Eyal paused thinking for a moment then making a quick decision he answered Auggie's question more thoroughly.
"Eyal?" Auggie hadn't expected Eyal to through in a "but", curiosity peaked; he waited to see what the man would request.
"Sorry, Auggie. Yes, I'm going to take Avi home to Israel. It's just I want three tickets…" Eyal breathed a sigh of relief saying those words out loud. He was admitting that he was going to bring Annie home with him. He wasn't sure what she would say but he doubted she would refuse him, at least for a little vacation.
Auggie wasn't really that surprised, he knew Annie had as much invested in this case as Eyal did, but he had to admit, he just didn't think Eyal would be the one to ask.
Auggie smiled. "Sure. Three tickets and two passports coming right up. And Eyal, if you're where I think you are, be careful okay?" Auggie sighed and went back to scanning the police ban and started to work on getting Annie and Avi clean passports.
Eyal took a deep breath. Okay, Auggie was on the travel arrangements and he was about to find out if these were the five men holding Avi. Then it dawned on him: Auggie never asked who the third ticket was for; somehow he must have known Eyal thought with a smile.
Eyal found the right house and pulled into the driveway. He switched into mission mode. There were three cars in the driveway and he could hear voices around back. He pulled his sig out of the glove box and got out of the car. He decided he would start in the backyard.
He was going to kill these men, the bastards that had kidnapped his son.