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Every call that Lory got squeezed his heart. He had been waiting for three days now with no word from Catherine. This one was no different.
"Hello?" Lory waited for his secretary to tell him that Catherine had called.
"I have an officer from the Tokyo police department on the line; she said something about a missing car." The secretary explained.
"Please put them through." Lory sat up in his chair as he hoped for some news on the girls. When the line clicked over he introduced himself.
"Good afternoon sir. I am Miyamoto Yumi. We found an abandoned car registered to your agency." Lory held his breath.
"Could you please describe it to me Miyamoto-san?" Lory heard paper rustle before the woman described the car that Catherine had been using. Lory swallowed hard. "I will have someone pick it up right away. Could you please tell me where it is?" The officer informed him that it had been towed, but she told him where they had found it. Lory thanked the woman and hung up. He changed out of his cosplay outfit, he was dressed as a French Lord, and into something less conspicuous. He needed to be more serious for the task that he was about to undertake. He called his secretary and informed her that he would be out for a bit and left via the backdoor of the building.
It only took him about twenty minutes to locate the place where Catherine had abandoned the car. He stood in the parking lot and looked around to see where the two girls might have gone from here. They could not have gotten far without transportation. He walked two blocks down one side of the street before crossing and heading back the other side of the road. There were a lot of shops here, but nothing that looks like a safe place for the girls to hide out. He studied the shops as he walked looking for anything that might give him some idea where he could find his missing LoveMe member. He stopped in front of one that disturbed him and pulled open the door open. His eyes took in the motorcycles on display. He walked straight to the counter and rang the bell. A young man stepped out from the back and smiled at the man.
"How can I help you today?" He could tell that Lory had money.
"I am looking for some friends of mine that may have stopped in here within the last few days." Lory pulled a picture of the two women out and showed it to the sales rep. "Have you seen these two women?" The salesman's smile slipped a little as she took the picture and looked at it. He knew he was not going to make a sale from this man today.
"No I haven't seen them." Lory's hopes fell when the man answered. "But let me check with everyone else." Lory perked back up as the man disappeared into the office. A few minutes later he came back with an older man in tow. This man looked as if he had spent a lot of his life working and riding motorcycles.
"Are you looking for these two girls?" The man scrutinized Lory trying to see if he was trust worth. Lory stood taller and answered him.
"Yes, these two work for me and I am worried about their safety." Lory met the rugged man's eyes.
"What's your name?" The old biker asked suspiciously.
"Takarada Lory." Lory pulled himself to his full height and tugged his jacket down into place. The old man smiled broadly at the president.
"She said you would be stopping by looking for them." Relief flooded the worried president. Someone had seen the missing girl.
"Do you know where they are?" He asked. The old man shook his head.
"The tall blonde bought a touring bike and all of the gear for cold weather riding and they two left." The biker told him. "They paid cash and asked us not to tell anyone they were here unless it was Takarada Lory." Lory nodded at this information. "She also told me to tell you that they were ok and that they would see you after Christmas." Lory smiled with the knowledge that the girls were safe.
"Thank you." Lory bowed to the man and left. His heart was lighter knowing that they were well. Now all he had to do was tell the guys.
Ren and Yashiro had both poured themselves into their work to take their mind off what they did not know. Lory had kept the actress' disappearance a secret to keep the rumors from spreading, and they had both slipped behind their masks to deal with life. If anyone noticed anything about the pair, it was that Yashiro was quieter then he usually was, and they both keep looking around like they were expecting something.
Yashiro sat pouring over Ren's schedule as they drove to the next job. He jumped a little when his phone went off in his pocket. He slipped his gloves on and answered the phone. For the first day he had hoped that each call would be news of the girls, but he had forced himself to stop so that he would not have that sinking feeling when it turned out to be work.
"Hai" Yashiro spoke into the phone.
"I have news." Yashiro looked up and froze when Lory's voice crackled through the line.
"You found them?" Ren turned at the hope in his manager's voice.
"No, they are still missing, but we did find their car." Ren could see the disappointment in Yashiro's face and found a place to park. He was not able to concentrate on driving when there was possible news of the girls.
"And?" Yashiro's voice still held hope that the girls were ok.
"I talked with the owner of a motorcycle shop where Catherine and Kyoko bought a touring bike and supplies before leaving." Lory explained. Ren hung onto the steering wheel waiting as Yashiro nodded his head as he listened. Lory went on. "He said that Catherine asked him to tell me that they were all right and would see us around Christmas." Yashiro let out the breath that he was holding as the knot in his chest loosened. He thanked his boss and hung up the phone.
"And?" Ren asked, he could not take it anymore. He could see the relief in his manager's eyes when he turned to answer the actor.
"They are both ok." Ren relaxed a little at his managers words. "Catherine bought a motorcycle and took off with Kyoko. She left a message with the shop owner that they would be back at Christmas." Ren let out a cleansing breath. He was glad to hear that they were both ok even if they were not near him. He was oddly comforted by the fact that if they were on the run, they were not going to be an easy target to hit. Yashiro flipped open his planer and counted the days till the girls would return.
"Just a little over four weeks." The manager informed the actor. Ren nodded and returned the car to traffic before their stop made him late. Both men returned to their work with lighter hearts knowing that the ones they loved were alive and well.
Author's Note: Thanks for the info on contacts Deets. I have never had them(eyes are too sensitive to get them), but I figured that Ren would not have the right stuff to put them in, so water was the best I could come up with. I know people that swim and sleep in their contacts and rarely ever wash their hands before putting them in. I even had one friend that would take his contacts out and suck on them when they iritated him and he did not have his eye drops... EEEWWWWW. I would not suggest it. *shudders*
And to Hanzap109. Thank you for the complement. I also feel that my writing has gotten better as this story has gone on. It had been a long time since I wrote ANYTHING so this has been quite a good experance for me. And I don't have supper typing skills, if anything I am a slow type. I just started out with over 65k words writen before I put up my first post.I really had not planed on sharing this with anyone except my sister. I also like to keep well ahead of where I am posting so that if I run into a snag in the storyline, I can always go back and change things up to smooth it out. If I post all the way up to where I am writing, it ties me into something that may not have been as good as it could have been. That is also why there are days that I will get 2 or more posts up at one time. Truthfully I have not writen much of anything in the last three days due to work, but is did find the time to clean and check chapters so there would be fresh up. I hate waiting a long time to get updates. When I reach the end and am happy with it, I will probably mass dump the last chapters. It just depends on how fast I can get them checked over.