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."

the anger bubbling beneath the surface. "Let me see your messages with

her mouth. "Vincent... that's Sofia's personal chat with me. I don't want to betray her privacy

this!" I snap, louder than intended. "She's ran away 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.

warns, stepping in to bottle my tone

tonight, mostly all of which had been sent from

clues. No hints of where

last read your texts just after ten." I comment, seeing it display as 'read' under the text from Emma at 10:03pm before 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 straight to voicemail. Either it's dead or it's switched off. I think she has her charger though, it wasn't upstairs in her room where it was before dinner..." Emma tells us everything she can think to share, as

who looks alarmed but does as I say -

charging ports? Or maybe she just

for the full

now, but

"Vincent, you need to try and stay calm if we're going to figure

buzz from inside of my pocket. I pull it out hopeful, but seeing Daryl's name flash up on the screen only

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. I let the call go straight

me a sharp look. "You should have

down on the couch. "I don't need his shit

moment. Reid's right. As much as I hate it,

and drawn. I can tell she's scared,

on, pick up..." Reid mutters under his breath before his expression shifts. "Daryl, it's Reid. Vin doesn't want to talk to you yet." He explains my reasoning for ignoring his call, eyeing me briefly

voice on the other

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, his voice calm but urgent. He pauses,

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