The rescue wasn't too complicated. Guy rolled his Mercedes but they managed to pry the passenger side door open, extract him safely and get him to Med. On the way back to the station, Kelly called Herrmann to see if Stella had shown up. She hadn't. So he decided to take a detour to Herrmann's house.
They rolled up and Kelly jumped out. "I'll be a minute, guys."
He walked up the front porch and rang the bell. Cindy opened the door. "Hi, Kelly. How are you? Come in." She opened they storm door.
"Oh no thanks, Cindy. We're getting back from a call and I don't want to track dirt or glass into your house. Stella didn't show up at work today. Have you seen her?"
"No, Kelly. Sorry. Christoper called awhile ago, so I went up to the apartment, but she's not there."
"Ok. Thanks. I'm gonna go check. Maybe she came in after you checked."
"Sure, you go ahead." She turned, reaching up. She handed him a lanyard with a key. "Just give that to Christopher at the station. I'm sure she's ok."
Kelly smiled and took the key. "Thanks, Cindy."
He walked around to the garage. Stella's apartment was upstairs through an interior stairway. As he opened her door, he knew she wasn't there. He walked in. Her bed was made. There were clothes in the bed. Not work clothes but casual, going-out clothes. Clothes from last night. He looked in the kitchen. There was no coffee in the pot. He looked around. Her overnight bag was gone. So maybe she did come home last night and this morning packed her bag to come into work. But what happened? Where was she? He had called her phone about half a dozen times and tried her again.
"Stella, it's Kelly. Look, if you're upset about last night, then let's talk about it. No one has heard from you and I'm getting pretty worried. If you don't want to talk to me, at least call Casey or Boden to let them know what's going on. Please."
Ok, Stella, if you are trying to get my attention, you've got it. Now where the hell are you?
The rest of the day was pretty slow. One other call for Rescue and a lot of paperwork. Not that he was doing any of it. He tried but couldn't concentrate and almost submitted a report with completely wrong information. Thankfully Casey caught it before the Chief saw it.
No one had heard from Stella. He even called Med and Lakeshore, Mercy and Kindred. No Stella and no "Jane Does" matching her description.
Kelly looked up when he heard a knock on her office door. It was Gabby who has just returned from Med.
"Any word?"
"No. Nothing. Anything at Med?"
"No. No one there has seen her. It may be a long shot, but call Antonio. It's too early for a missing persons report, but he's got a lot of contacts. Maybe he can help."
"That's a good idea. Thanks, Gabby."
He pulled out his cellphone and called Antonio to see if they could meet. Kelly was willing to try anything.