Chapter 12: Searching 2

"I'll come back some other time" with that she left.

Elvis could hear her retreating steps. "If only John stayed instead of running" he thought.

"Hey Leah where are you coming from?" Daisy asked

"I uhmmm I...went to .. " Leah stammered

"Is everything okay?" Daisy asked

"Sure everything is fine. Where you looking for me?" Leah asked

"The mission is today around 19:00 pm. Get ready" Daisy said walking away.

"Is it me or that bitch is been sneaky" Elizabeth asked Monica

"Shouldn't we put an eye on her huh?" Monica said devilishly. Elizabeth laughed in her cockroach voice.

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It was morning when Elsa had woken up, she kept sitting on the bare floor before a thought came to her "sitting here would not do anything rather I should stand up and try my luck anything can happen" she dragged herself up and went to the toilet to do her business. When she had finished it was already 9pm. She heard a knock "would could that be" she thought. The knock came again "I'm coming". She opened the door and to her surprise she saw Jacob

"Hey!! Can I come in" he waved that was when it occurred to her that she kept him standing outside

"Uhm .. Sure come in" she opened the door widely for him to enter.

"Thank you" he walked inside with the box in his hands and settled on the sofa.

"What a nice house" he said. Elsa closed the door and went to the kitchen to get him water. She placed it in front of him

"Welcome" she said with a smile.

"Here" he said stretching the box he came with.

"Huh" she colleced it from him. She opened the box it had some sweets like cookies, chocolate and different varieties of candies.

"Hey why did you get all these?" she said looking up to him

"Well I heard when someone is down, sweets are the best thing you can give them " he said looking at her.

"Hmmm thanks" as she wanted to stand up, he held her hand

"Uhmmm am sorry I can't help in any of these but I promise to stay by your side. I really like you alot Elsa" he said looking at her passionately

"I'll be waiting for your answer don't force it" he said letting go of her hand. She gently nodded her head. She also likes him but her number one priority right now is her brother. She dropped the box in the kitchen. She heard her phone right she quickly went to pick it up, it was the police officer that was calling she showed Jacob the caller he nudged her to pick it up. She picked it up and put in on speaker

"Good days sir" she greeted

"Good day. I have some information that's why I called"

"Okay sir"

"I have a good news and a bad news for you" she looked at Jacob for assurance

"Sure sir you.. can tell me"

"The good or the bad"

"The bad sir"

"The bad news is that your brother's friend is uhmmm.....is de..ad and your brother is still missing but I can assure you that he's still alive" immediately she heard that she broke down in tears

"Don't worry we are doing our very possible best, we would find him soon" Jacob ended the call. He gently hugged her letting her cry in his arms

"hey it's okay, don't worry everyone is trying their best, they would find him" he said patting her back gently

"What if.....what if...he..., Oh God" she kept crying

"I promise you nothing is going to happen to him. Just have faith" he said persuading her.

"No I can't be here, I will find him myself, I must find him" she said dashing to her room after sometime she came out with a picture of Elvis in her hand, she was about to run out when he stopped her

"What and where are you going to?" He asked he knows that she's in pain but running off like this could make her injure herself

"I'll go to the streets am sure someone will recognize him . I'll try, I'll do anything" she said breaking free from him.

"Then I'll come with you" the both walked out of the house and headed to the streets. They both kept asking the passer-by if they had seen Elvis anywhere, the reply was still the same "sorry I haven't", "no I haven't seen him". They kept going around till it was late in the evening

"Hey Elsa let's go we will continue tomorrow" Jacob said bending down he was completely worned out

"No I can't go now, I'll ask some other people they would have surely seen him"

"Elsa!!! This is not going to help for how long will you keep running on the streets we can't find him here. And you can't possibly find him in this your condition. "Please let's go home". Jacob raised him voice, it was frustrating and tiring he couldn't help it, someone just had to tell her the truth.

"No am not going home. You can go home if you want but am not leaving" she said shaking, it was obvious that she was catching cold she was just wearing a t-shirt and a loss trouser.

"I'm not leaving you here, we are going back together"

"No I want to find Elvis. Am not leaving"

"You'd catch a cold ". She fell on her keens

"Am not leaving" she was already crying

"Here get up crying in the street won't help us in anyway" he said stretching his hands to her. Before she could take it she fell unconscious.

"Elsa!!"

"Elsa!!"

"Elsa!!" He kept tapping her. He immediately stopped a cab and took her home. He laid her on her bed and covered her with a thick blanket. He turned on the room heater and sat close to her. He took her hands into his and was gently stroking it. He heard a knock

"Good days sir. She's in the room" he showed the way to the doctor. He called him earlier.

"She passed out due to the cold and she's stressing herself way too much. I'll prescribe some drugs for her ensure she takes it and make sure she rest well" the doctor said carrying his briefcase

"Thank you sir". He walked him out of the house. He returned and tucked her in well before leaving the house to get her drugs....