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.”

that,” I said, trying to be positive. But trust me, my mind was saying the complete

up and looked around, trying to find any clues or signs of where Ariel and janice could have gone. “We need to call the police,” I

in agreement. “I’ll call them; you start looking for

on the ground. I bent down and picked it up, my hands trembling. It was a note written in messy handwriting. I could

familiar. It belonged to Harriet. I was sure about that. I had been with her

and noticed the scar on my face. “What’s

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him without taking a look at

read it out, too. “What

“That’s Harriet’s handwriting.‘

“Harriet. Your…”

was in prison for murder, but she broke out, and now she’s come to

you trying to say now? Is Ariel dead?

we have

and the cops need to know about this. Let’s

“You’re right. I

into my car, and I drove

to the front desk, asking for the officer in charge. A middle–aged

have some important information regarding a possible

his eyebrows and asked, “And who are you?”

this is my friend André. We found some evidence that our friend, Ariel, and

expression turned serious. “Alright, come with me, and we’ll

the officer, Andre and I exchanged worried glances. We were hoping that the police would take us seriously and start

whereabouts, and even the color of her car. It was

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