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team, and judging from the deep displeasure in his eyes, it wasn't by choice. He had been on the phone for over fifteen minutes and now he wanted to talk to all of us together—must have been important, or he just didn't want to repeat himself.
    "That phone call was from the Director Cassidy," Callum said before Abby interrupted him.
    "What did she want? We have barely started the investigation here, she can't expect us to know something already."
    "Well, if you let me finish then you would know what the phone call as about," Callum retorted, clearly annoyed. "She wanted to take the time to remind me that we are here because the police of this department asked us to be here, and are only here to work on this case only," Callum stated as he glanced over at me to make sure I understood.
    I lifted an eyebrow at him, unsure of why he needed me to understand. I watched as his eyes flicked to Damien and Audrey, I didn't look at them though. I could see the answer in his eyes, he didn't want me focused on them, my family or anything else. He wanted me focused on the case and nothing else, little did he know that it wouldn't be a problem
    There were very few things that distracted me, but they never got in the way of the case. Although, a case had never involved my family and friends before. A case never got someone I knew targeted. A case was never so personal, and now it was possible for me to be sidetracked. I had to keep Anna and Audrey out of this because it wasn't fair for them to relive the horror again, this time it was my turn.
    "We will need to stay focused to solve this quickly. We should focus on the last girl taken before Audrey Thompson was mistakenly taken. That girl should give us a clue to what he currently looks for and maybe close in on his type." Callum looked at me again, as if to tell me that I should focus away from Audrey.
    It would be hard to stay away from her, she was the closest thing I had to a sister. I knew her the best, I would know stuff they didn't and be better help. It would at least make up for the fact that I hadn't been able to help much with the kidnapping aspect of this case yet.
    "Remember that there is a girl's life on the line along with at least twelve others, if not more, fates are uncertain at the moment."
    At his words I glanced over to Audrey and Damien. They were wrapped in each other arms in a way that sent a pang of jealousy through my body. They had found each other in a sick twist of fate, just as Anna had found Garrett, by being a part of the Steve Bennett kidnappings. They each found their partner through the horrific and terrible experience without really trying, but I hadn't been able to find anyone after trying for years. The ones I had found that seemed to be good guys couldn't get past the fact that I had been a part of the notorious kidnapping spree. No one wanted to date a girl that had been broken, they didn't want the baggage, but I wish someone would just take the time to get to know me.
    I didn't have the baggage they thought I had, I healed, I had moved past the kidnappings like Anna and Audrey had. They were able to function normally, and few people even talked to them about it, but with me it was on everyone's mind. I couldn't escape it; no matter where I turned someone was asking me about it. What it had been like, what Steve had been like and how it affected my family; it was never ending. There wasn't a person out there that didn't know what I had been through, but each and every one of them were fascinated by it.
    I glanced up to Callum, he had been one of the men that knew about the kidnappings and he had wasted no time bringing them up. He had seen me struggle with the choice to come here, and I was sure that he thought I had baggage, but his blue eyes gave nothing away; even when he glanced over to me during his speech. It was almost as if I wasn't there.
    I sighed heavily as I looked at Damien and Audrey. It was only a matter of time before Damien proposed