Emma: The whole entire drive on my way to the restaurant on the map I thought about all the people I have pissed off in the past year. I still could not pin down who could possibly be behind this. Like before Ruby is the only one that came to mind however this did not seem like her style. Plus, I was pretty sure she never figured out I had a daughter. There was also Don Anders that I am sure I have offended with not taking him up on his over right away. I sighed pulling up to the restaurant knowing the only way to figure it out was to follow the clues. I enter the restaurant and went up to the hostess stand. I asked for a table and asked to use a phone. She sat me at a table in the back and let me borrow her personal cell phone. I called Kyle but he did not answer I left him a message and explained to him everything that has transpired since I left the house. I hung up and gave the hostess back her phone. A few moments later the waiter came over and I ordered a rum and coke and som
Natasha: Before any of us knew what was happening Tony, Kyle, Shane, and I were all pinned to the floor by the police with them restraining our arms behind our backs. Well, this definitely was not the day I expected when I woke up this morning. The strangest things went through your head when you thought everything was over for you. I was currently trying to remember if I locked my front door when I left this morning. Like that mattered at all with everything that was going on at the present time. From what I saw before I was forced to the ground Detective Morris was not among the officers. In fact, it looked to be only regular police officers who showed up. I could hear loud trucks pulling up out front but from the angle I was at I could not tell if it was more cops or something else entirely. “Which one of you is the mastermind of your operations? One of you better answer me now or you will be in a world of hurt so help me.” One of the officers said to my left. Kyle was the first
Emma: I could not believe this mystery person left me a fucking finger. I would not let myself believe it was my daughters even though there was not another alternative. I would not be able to finish this if I thought about the finger as hers. “Stupid fucking asshole. When I find you, I am going to hurt you. You are going to wish I killed you!” I slammed my hands against the steering wheel screaming at the top of my lungs. Once I got passed my momentary freak out, I felt slightly better. I grabbed the map and studied it. Jesus it was around a three-hour drive from where I was now. Luckily even though I left behind my phone my purse was still in the car, so I had access to my money and debit cards. I recognized the area this person was sending me to. I had been there plenty of times when I was a kid when my mother felt like getting away and getting some sun. Harker’s beach. I pulled out the note and this time all it said to do was go to the location and follow the instructions on th
Emma:“Miss White it is a pleasure to see you again. What are you doing way out here so far from home?” Don Anders asked me. I figured why not tell him the truth, maybe he could lend me a hand. After all he did offer to help, and he said as far as anyone is concerned, he works for me. I explained in detail what had happened since this morning leaving out what happened to Joy. That was none of his business.He had a horror stricken face when he said, “Oh my goodness your poor daughter. Are you completely sure this person actually has your daughter and that was her finger? I am not sure what I can do to help other than wait for you to get to your final clue and help you rescue your daughter.” He was right. It was impossible for him to do much at the moment.“You know I did not even think to call her adoptive parents to find out if she was at home.” I felt like an idiot. Once I got the burner phone that should have been my first call. I pulled out my phone and dialed their number. No one
Emma: The hostess led me to a table in one of their private rooms. She told me that the waitress who will be serving me also knows about my conditions to get the envelope. She assured me everything had been paid for. I asked her why she agreed to do this for someone she did not know, and she said, “An insane amount of money of course. Do not worry nothing can harm you, but I was instructed not to let you leave until you complete everything.” With that she turned and walked away before I had a chance to ask her about who hired her. It was twenty minutes before the waitress came over. A condition she told me that the note writer made her do. I guess the person thought it would annoy me and they were right. They were going out of their way to make sure I kept losing valuable time. I asked the waitress if she could describe the person who hired them. She said, “Um I guess so. I mean she did not tell us we couldn’t mention her at all.” It was a woman than. My thoughts went back to Ruby b
Natasha: We all walked into the police station at the same time, minus Shane. He had said he would be along shortly he wanted to make sure the house was locked up and to make sure whoever was accusing them of having a bomb didn’t in fact plant one in the house. I volunteered to stay behind and wait for him, but he declined. He said he would be fine on his own. I knew he probably just wanted to be alone to worry about Emma without anyone’s eyes on him. We approached the officer at the front desk and explained why we were here. She called someone in the back and three officers came out. One to escort each of us. I gave one last look to Tony and Kyle before following the female officer in front of me. She took me into an interrogation room and told me to wait here. It was well over an hour later when two male officers came in and sat across from me. They asked me all the basic questions, name, date of birth, address those types of things. After the wrote down all that information they
Emma:I got back in my car and called Kyle. I told him whatever he and the group were doing they needed to wrap it up. I told him all about what the last note said and how I was concerned that my daughter was in trouble. He explained to me that they were all at the police station being questioned about planting a bomb. The woman who had sent me on this long goose chase had to be the one behind it. It was rather clever if you thought about it. It was a genius way to get everyone out of the house so she could get in.I drove away from the restaurant and headed straight home. When I arrived, there was not even a single car in my driveway. I checked around back and there was not one there either. I was hoping that maybe the person was not here yet or maybe this was just another stop on this crazy train.I put the key in the front door and unlocked it. I proceeded inside and found a little girl and a woman sitting in my living room. I did not recognize the woman at all. Even more bizarre I
Emma:This woman just stared at the four of them before bursting out in hysterical laughter. Once she calmed herself done, she sniffed and said, “Oh my god! This is rich, hahaha. My husband told me the people who worked for you or who were loyal to you were dramatic and I did not believe him.” She continued to laugh as I rolled my eyes.I turned to Natasha and said, “I think the three men’s guns on her is plenty. Could you please take this little girl from my house and get her back to where she belongs. Afterwards find out what her parents want to do. Call me and let me know if they want to go to the police if so tell them they can find the perpetrator here we will not be letting her leave.”Natasha nodded at me at first handed the gun to Tony and then slowly approached the young girl. “Hi sweetie. Don’t be scared im not going to hurt you. Why don’t I get you out of here and back to your parents how does that sound?” the girl looked into Natashas face and gave her a slight nod before