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A Step Closer to Love CCII
Kieran glanced at the clock for the nth time in thirty minutes. It had been four hours since Arabella left the house. He was worried because she was not responding to all his texts, even though she was reading them. He decided to call her. He had been trying to respect her privacy so he would not seem to be clingy to her. He wanted her to be comfortable but was getting worried already since she knew not a single place in the city. "She is with Chole, Chole is almost like an indigene" Kieran whispered to himself. He had been trying to hold himself back. He tapped his phone furiously and slammed the phone to his ears.The line went through but no one picked. He furrowed his eyebrows together and called her back. This time the call did not connect and her phone was now switched off."She might be out of battery" Kieran whispered to himself. He was trying to not make a scene out of the situation but for some very strange reason, he was not comfortable at all."I am not being clingy, I w
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Kieran felt his heart sink to the ground, judging from her tone it was obvious that she had something to do with the disappearance of Arabella. There was no way that she would just go missing in action for such a long time. Kieran squared his jaw as he tried to force words out of his mouth. “Where is she?” he asked. She let out a disgruntled sound from her lips and pursed her lips together. “No pleasantries? I see you want to get straight into business?” she asked before letting out a dry laugh."Where is she?" Kieran let out in a scream."Oh my, that scared me. You should be nicer if you want to get me to talk" she said teasing him. She liked that he had no choice but to speak to her now. She had to get the most out of it, she was going to make him grovel and beg just like she had been doing in the past. He might love Arabella but she had only loved him all her life. He was her first love and she wanted it to remain that way. She always had fantasies of her marrying her first lov
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Kieran turned around to see his father standing there, judging from his facial expression it seemed like he had an idea of what was going on."It seems like Aurora had kidnapped Arabella" Kieran did not hesitate at the moment he knew he had to get all the help he could get. Aurora sounded crazy on the phone, it was definitely not her usual tone, she sounded like she had suddenly been possessed by a strange spirit. "What?" Ethan asked taking a step back. "Arabella had been kidnapped by Aurora?" Ethan asked his eyes darting all over the place. "Yes," Kieran said with a nod. "Are you sure? It can't be, aurora has always been a lovely soul, she would not hurt a fly" Ethan rambled. He had known Aurora for quite a while now and she had always been a delight to be around. She didn't seem like someone who would do anything of that magnitude. "I just got off the call with her. It is certain that she is with Arabella, she had tricked Arabella into going out with her by using a coworker an
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Kieran met the waitress who was in the restaurant. She insisted that no one was taken forcefully from the place. "Have you seen her?" Kieran asked pushing his phone to her face. "Yeah she came in here today, she sat at that table for a while before another woman joined her and they left together" the quirky waitress said.She was hoping that she was doing good with her lies, Aurora had tipped her so heavily to keep it a secret that someone had been abducted in her presence. She had promised a greater reward if she did well. The girl needed the money, the patronage at her workplace was low and she was on the verge of losing her job due to the decision by the owner to close down the restaurant and sell it. She had bills and debt to settle and Aurora was willing to pay. "Can we check your cameras? You do have some right?" The girl gulped, she had to be smart about it, if she allowed them to see the CCTV then she would be exposed and she would lose the opportunity to get more money,
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The girl watched Kieran and Ethan leave the place before she put a call through to Aurora. Aurora did not pick up so she kept calling, she knew she would give in and pick up if she was persistent. She had to report to her and demand the money she was promised so she could be out of the situation as quickly as possible. It was becoming messy and she did not want to be a part of it anymore. "Didn't I say I would be the one to contact you?" Aurora barked at the phone as she picked up the call."You did but I felt like this was too important to wait for you to call," the girl said slowly and silently. The restaurant was empty but she had to be careful in case someone heard."What is it? Let's hear it" Aurora said with an eye roll. She had been discussing with the men when her persistent calls came through."A man came here" "Just as I said" "Well two men but only one did the talking" "Two men?" "Yes, one older one and a younger one but not too young" the girl continued."And?" Auror
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Kieran did not mind the request of the girl as he ran out of the police station into his car leaving his dad behind. He would do anything to make sure that Arabella was okay and with him at that very moment."You are here already?" the girl asked as she watched him burst through the door to meet the still-empty restaurant."Where is it?" Kieran asked ignoring any words she was about to say."How much would you be willing to offer?" she asked pushing herself from the counter she had been resting and then going through the small door to be in the same space with him."How much do you want?" he asked.She was taken aback by his reply. She knew that she sounded shallow and did not want him to think that way of her so she felt the need to explain properly."It's not because I am selfish or greedy" she murmured."What?" Kieran asked. His eyebrow furrowed as he felt pressed for time. He had no time for chitchat with her. She should be showing him the footage and not telling tales. He was onl
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Kieran presented the number plate to the police and they searched the car, the car of course was a stolen one so there was no way of tracking Aurora. The officer who took up the case tried to assure Kieran."We will track them down soon. We know who is responsible for the kidnapping and we also know what car had been used" the officer said to Kieran."Do we have to wait for any of them to show up? Can't we do something else? Maybe track them by phone?" "We can but we don't want to go by that route yet" "What if something happens to her while we wait?" Kieran was worried. "She has a great grudge against the victim" "I would put a request to my superiors to see if they would let us track her down that way. But I need you to be sure that she is the kidnapper" "I am sure, when you get a warrant we can check the CCTV at the site of the kidnapping" Kieran responded.He wished the officers would stop moving at a snail's pace. They were being awfully comfortable. He was worried, who knew
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"Ara help me set up the table" Ava screamed from down the stairs. She moves back to the kitchen and pushes towards her boiling pot of soup. She stirs vigorously hoping it doesn't cuddle to the sides of the pot. She sighed when she noticed her daughter had not paid attention to her at all. She puts off the stove in front of her and wipes her hand on her apron. She can't believe that she was left to do all the work by herself. Her husband would soon be back from work and it was their turn to host dinner with their neighbors. Once a week they had dinner together and rotated who hosted it. This week was her turn. She glanced at the wall clock on the kitchen wall. Her husband should be back in ten minutes and in thirty minutes her neighbors should be coming in for dinner. Her elder daughter was nowhere to be found. She was probably surging through the mall with full passion unable to buy anything. Her daughter needed to return before the Sterlings came over. She heard the front door squ
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