Shadows In Durango

Chapter 102

*****Vincent's POV*****

I barely hear the thrum of the engine as Reid and I pull up to Emma's house.

My mind races, spinning faster than the wheels beneath us. Sofia should have been here by now, safe with Emma. But she isn't. And no one knows where the hell she is either!

I get out and slam the car door shut the second that he stops, anxiety clawing at my lungs.

Reid follows me out close behind me, his face a reflection of the same growing dread we both feel. There were currently endless possibilities of where she could be - most of which made me feel sick.

But I also knew that she had moved from place to place before whenever she had felt threatened by her father... and I feared that this was the same... had she run off again to a new town?!

We reach the door, and Emma flings it open before I can even knock - having been watching for us by the window.

Her expression is panicked, a mixture of worry and confusion swirling in her wide eyes.

"Reid, Vincent," she breathes, stepping aside to let us in, "I don't know what's going on. She said she was coming here, but... still nothing..."

"We will find her." I say firmly, knowing that I would stop at nothing to get her back.

Emma nods, biting her lip as she leads us both inside. My muscles ache from the tension, and I can't stop replaying the dinner over and over again in my head - how everything had blown up and had gone horribly wrong. The look on Sofia's face when she left... what if something happened to her after that?

"Did she say anything else before disappearing? Text you where she was?" Reid asks, his voice calm but firm, trying to manage the situation.

Emma shakes her head, wringing her hands nervously together. "Nothing. She picked up my call before you drove me home and I offered for her to stay the night and she agreed and said she would meet me here."

keep a lid on the anger bubbling beneath the surface. "Let me see

at the demand, and she begins to open and close her mouth. "Vincent... that's Sofia's personal chat with me. I don't want to betray her privacy

or she's went missing, Emma! Something's wrong either way. Just show me the damn texts!" My voice cracks under the pressure of my rising panic. Emma flinches but reaches for her phone, her hesitation

Reid warns, stepping in to bottle my tone with

eyes scan over the messages from tonight, mostly all of which had been sent

clues. No hints of where she could

'read' under the text from Emma at 10:03pm before the rest after

pacing across the room. "That doesn't make any sense. She should've been here by now if this is where she was truly headed. So where the hell is she?! She could be anywhere by now!" "Her phone stopped ringing at ten forty too, started sending me

her phone won't be switched off forever. Keep trying to call her!" I deadpan towards Emma, who looks alarmed but does as I say - attempting again for it only to go

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minute now, but it's getting later and

moves forward, placing a hand on my shoulder and dragging me from my thoughts. "Vincent, you need

I pull it out

still furious at how everything had went down at dinner. He'd always been a sore subject between Sofia and me, and tonight he had just made everything worse.

sharp look.

the couch. "I don't need his

face, trying to focus as I sit down for a moment. Reid's right. As much as I hate it, we need to cover all our bases. Every minute that passes without knowing where Sofia is feels like a knife twisting in my gut. It

steps aside, the phone pressed up to his ear as he waits for Daryl to pick up. Emma watches him, her face pale and drawn. I can tell she's scared, but I can't afford to comfort her right now. All I can think about is Sofia, alone somewhere- potentially

Vin doesn't want to talk to you yet." He explains my reasoning for ignoring

the other end, but I don't

don't know where she is. She was supposed to go to Emma's, but she never showed, that's all we know..." Reid says into the phone,

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Even the question irritates me, why would she call him of all people