by Ashley Nemer
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Gabe knocked on the door a few times before pulling out the spare key that Kain had made for him and unlocking Nadia’s front door. Kevin had told him they dropped her car off at her house since all the evidence had been collected, and it was still in the driveway, so Gabe knew that she was home.
“Nadia, where you at?” Gabe called out as he walked inside and saw that there were blankets on the couch and the cat was curled up on them. He passed the living room and looked into the kitchen, empty. He went to her bedroom, empty. “NADIA!” He called out a few times while he ran back and forth through the house looking through everything. He pulled out his cell phone and called Kevin. He waited for him to answer while he paced back and forth.
“Hey Gabe, what’s going on?” Kevin sounded distracted on the other end. Gabe wasn’t sure if his call was preemptive but he had to tell someone.
“Hey, it may be nothing, but I stopped by Nadia’s place. Her car is in the drive, her doors are locked, and she isn’t here. The cat is on the blankets on the couch. I don’t know if this is too soon, but something feels wrong.”
“Slow down Gabe. First, have you tried calling her cell phone? Maybe she’s out for a run.”
“No, no I didn’t try that.”
“Okay hold on let me call her cell phone from my desk.” Kevin dialed her number from his desk phone and it started ringing.
Gabe turned around when he heard the vibration on the desk behind him. “Um Kevin, I have her phone right here. It’s on silent.”
“Shit, does she go places a lot without her phone?” Kevin started to pull up the police system to put out an APB on her.
“No Kevin, she’s attached to that phone. She wouldn’t leave it, even for a few minutes.”
“I’m putting out the APB. We’ll notify the family.”
“Kevin, you have to find her.” Gabe sat down on the couch and picked up the kitten. He started to pet Triple T.
“Do me a favor and look through her laptop and see if she has anything that would indicate where she is. Let me know what you find. I’ll get back to you.”
Gabe listened to silence on his phone when Kevin hung up. He looked around her place for the laptop and didn’t see it. He went through her drawers on her desk trying to find clues. He pulled out her notepad and started to read the different messages she had written down. Gabe’s heart sank when he realized that she had been corresponding with the hit man this whole time. He pulled his phone out and sent Kevin a text message.
Found her notepad. She’s been talking to Carlisle Ali.
