Chapter 3

"Noah, we have to take her to the station." Josef says to his partner. "Look at the evidence, Josef." Noah replies patiently. "Something doesn't make sense. Why would a young woman like her harass and elderly man? She just doesn't fit the profile." With a sigh, Josef replies "You're gut feeling again?" A thumping noise from the car has both officers racing back to the squad car. The young woman in the car sits with her forehead against the window, rears back and thumps the window again. "I'm going to take her in before she hurts herself." Josef says. The two policemen walk over to the car and Noah radio their headquarters. "This is Officer Evans, we have a possible kidnapping. We're in the process of securing the crime scene; evidence of struggle, over." The radio spits out static for a few seconds, and a woman's voice replies "Confirmed. A forensics team has been notified and dispatched."

A pearl of hope forms within Audrey's despair, as she registers what the officer had just reported to their headquarters. "Please officer, a tall man took my sister." She says, and is met with the calculating, green eyes of the dark haired officer. She meets his stare and pleads again "Just let me go, you are wasting time. I have to find her." The officer holds her gaze and replies "Officer Josef McKenna will take you to the station for further questioning." He turns to Josef and says "I'll wait for the forensics team and secure the crime scene. The last thing we need are a bunch of rookies fumbling the evidence." and gets out of the car. Josef starts the car and Audrey hears the engine's metal intestines come to life.

Audrey leans her head against the window and listens in silence, as her mind races while trying to process the scenes of her sister's abduction. "Nothing makes any sense" she thinks. "Why would anyone take Abigail?" The sound of the police radio's static and detached voices become background noise that stimulate Audrey's brain to relapse into the past three months. "Three months ago, what was Abigail up to? What is the reason that my twin was kidnapped?"