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.”
trying to be
signs of where Ariel and janice could have gone. “We need to call the police,”
“I’ll call them; you start looking for
that could give us a lead. Suddenly, I noticed a piece of paper on the ground. I bent down and picked it up, my hands trembling. It was a note written in messy handwriting. I could make
handwriting was very familiar. It belonged to Harriet. I was sure about that. I had been with her for years and knew what her writing looked
noticed the scar on my face.
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paper to him without taking a look at him.
it out, too. “What is this
“That’s Harriet’s handwriting.‘
“Harriet. Your…”
in prison for murder, but she broke out, and now she’s
are you trying to say now? Is Ariel dead? That this ‘ex–girlfriend of yours actually killed
we have to be really careful
and the cops need to know about this. Let’s continue our search. We can’t give up now.”
deeply. “You’re right. I can’t give
of us burst into my car, and I
to the front desk, asking for the officer in
information regarding a
and asked, “And who
friend André. We found some evidence that our friend, Ariel, and her daughter, Janice, might have been kidnapped.”
officer’s expression turned serious. “Alright, come with me, and we’ll take your statement.”
and I exchanged worried glances. We were hoping that the
officer just kept asking us useless questions about our relationship with Ariel, our whereabouts, and even the
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