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to keep it up, I can't just keep acting like I'm okay with how he treats me," I said as I watched him stalk off around the corner toward the restrooms.
    "He's just stressed, Jessi. Wouldn't you be with girls going missing?"
    "I was worried when we thought it was you, but he just yelled at me for calling you and Damien. I didn't know what else I could do. The video went down, there wasn't a positive identification on the person taken, and I had to know if you were okay or not. There was nothing else I could do," I cried. My hands were in my hair, starting to pull at the small threads of blonde color.
    "Now you know how he feels," Audrey said quietly.
    "What do you mean?"
    "Think about it, Jessi. How you felt when it could have been me? That worry, the angst, and the fear. All of those emotions you had when you thought it could have been me, you also felt for the girl that was actually taken. Yes you were relieved it wasn't me, but you also felt it for the other girl right?" I nodded my head as an answer and waited for her to continue. "He's been feeling that since the first girl was taken. Kidnappings of young kids gets everyone like that, and he's been dealing with this for a while now. We have no idea how long these girls have been missing, when they were taken or anything from what I heard the team talking about in the car ride. They are focused on this case, and only this because of the severity of it."
    "That doesn't give him the right to treat me like this."
    "It's not about you, Jessi. It's about how he feels about this. They know nothing about this guy, and you have made some rash choices. You're thinking of yourself instead of those around you and while I thank you for worrying about me, it could have caused more problems by telling me. You need to start thinking about the team, and not just yourself. I understand that you don't trust them because you don't know them or you feel like you have to watch out for just yourself, but now you're on a team and you have to start acting like it."
    I felt my insides clench as Audrey talked about how I was thinking only of myself. Callum had said the same thing to me, and I hadn't believed it because I thought he was just trying to get a reaction out of me. Now, hearing it come from Audrey I knew that I was really too focused on myself and not enough on the team. I had been rushing through trying to solve the case to prove myself, but I hadn't been a part of the team. I didn't have the information that his team did, because I wasn't acting like a part of the team. I had started to, but we had yet to share information. It was time I started acting like a part of Callum’s team.
    "Thanks, Audrey," I said offering a small smile as Damien slid into the seat next to his girlfriend. I saw him roll his eyes as he sat down. "What's wrong?"
    "Your friend is a jerk, I said hi to him as he walked past me and he shoved past me mumbling about how irritating something was. I asked if he was okay and he told me to get lost, or better yet, go back to jail," Damien grimaced as he thought about his time in jail. He had to serve time for kidnapping Audrey, even when the family dropped the charges, but there was no way he was ever going back. Luckily for him, he got out with two years and had no horrible injuries to tell us about.
    "That's Callum for you," I said with a smile as I glanced over to see him yelling at his team. For a few moments I was glad not to be a part of his team yet, it didn't look like they were having a pleasant discussion. My thoughts were verified when Callum turned to look at me with a glare, anger visible in his eyes, as he waved me over. I sighed heavily, "my slave-driver calls."

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 7
     
     
    I walked over to Callum with a slow, patient walk that clearly annoyed him as he grabbed my arm and pulled me toward him. I could see the anger in his eyes and feel it in his touch. He glared down at me as he shuffled me into the room with his