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.”
said, trying to be positive. But trust
stood up and looked around, trying to find any clues or signs of where Ariel and janice could have
agreement. “I’ll call them; you start looking for
ground. I bent down and picked it up, my hands trembling. It was a note written in messy handwriting.
very familiar. It belonged to Harriet. I was sure about that. I had been with her for years
and noticed the scar on my face. “What’s that?”
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him without taking a look
she’s dead?” He read it out, too. “What is this
“That’s Harriet’s handwriting.‘
“Harriet. Your…”
was in prison for murder, but she broke out,
now? Is Ariel dead? That this ‘ex–girlfriend
that myself. But we have
and the cops need to know about this. Let’s continue our search. We can’t give up
right. I can’t give up now.”
us burst into my car, and
and rushed to the front desk, asking for the officer in charge. A middle–aged man with a stern expression
officer, we have some important information regarding a possible kidnapping case,”
eyebrows and asked, “And who are you?”
evidence that our friend, Ariel, and her daughter,
serious. “Alright, come with me, and we’ll take your statement.”
and I exchanged worried glances. We were hoping that the police would take us seriously and start
officer just kept asking us useless questions about our relationship with Ariel, our whereabouts,
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