193: BLAME
LUKE’S POV
Andre and I got out of the car, moving forward to Ariel’s vehicle. She wasn’t there, but I was a hundred percent sure that this belonged to Ariel.
“I can’t see anyone here,” said Andre, looking around this area.
“Yes, but this is Ariel’s car. She must be around here somewhere.”
“In an empty place like this? I don’t really think so.”
“Come on, we have to search.”
“Luke, this is telling us that something isn’t right here.”
“So, what are you trying to say?”
“I’m not going to jump to conclusions. But my mind keeps on telling me that Ariel’s been kidnapped.”
sighed, still staring at the car. “I know. The same thought keeps running through my head. I’m just hoping for the best.”
“What is this?” Andre’s eyes narrowed down, and he slowly sat on his heels. He took two necklaces from the ground. One I had seen around Ariel’s neck. And for the other, I had no idea who owned it.
“This is Ariel’s,” Andre told me, flaunting the necklace that he was holding.
“Of course, I see that.” I squatted and took the necklace from his hand. I looked at it pretty well, remembering how Ariel had that around her neck, making her really beautiful.
“And this belongs to Janice.” Andre showed me the other necklace. “I think someone kidnapped the both of them.”
too sure about that,” I said, trying to be positive. But
find any clues or signs of where Ariel and janice could have gone. “We need to call the police,” I suggested.
call them; you start
paper on the ground. I bent down and picked it up, my hands trembling. It was a note
It belonged to Harriet. I was sure about that. I had been with her for years and knew
and noticed the scar on my face. “What’s
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him without taking a
it out, too.
“That’s Harriet’s handwriting.‘
“Harriet. Your…”
in prison for murder, but she broke out, and now she’s come
say now?
myself. But we have to be really
know about this. Let’s continue our search.
breathed out deeply. “You’re right. I can’t
two of us burst into my car, and I drove away, carrying Ariel and Janice’s
reached the police station nearby and rushed to the front desk, asking for the officer in charge. A
information regarding a possible kidnapping
officer raised his eyebrows and asked, “And who are you?”
André. We found some evidence that our friend, Ariel,
with
glances. We were hoping that the police would take us seriously and start
questions about our relationship with Ariel, our whereabouts, and
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