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activities, coming and going, vehicles and such, you don't do it somewhere quiet and remote. You hide in plain sight."
    I nodded, understanding. "Like in or near a busy warehouse."
    "Exactly."
    "Great. So let's go look."
    "No." Sam put his hand on my arm. "I look. You go get in the car and lock the doors."
    "No way. I found this place and I'm going with you."
    He frowned and looked at me. "If I refuse you'll just follow me won't you?"
    "Yup."
    "Fine." He sighed. "But stay behind me and if I tell you to run, do it. Okay?"
    "Okay." My heart started beating faster in a combination of fear and excitement. "Let's do this. Are there hand signals or something I should know?"
    Sam chuckled and shook his head. "You're gonna be the death of me, baby. I swear."
    It was the first time he'd called me baby all day and it made me smile.
    We rounded the corner silently and Sam led us past two sets of doors. Through tinted windows I could see people milling around.
    Further down there was an alcove with a door and a set of stairs leading down to a lower level. It was fairly unassuming, and I might have been fooled by the bits of trash at the bottom of the steps and the faded "Fire Exit" sign, but the set of three small cameras mounted to cover the immediate area gave it away. They were small enough that someone walking past would likely miss them.
    Sam put his hand on my belly to keep me from crossing into range, but I'd already stopped. Looking to my right I recognized the view. It had been shown on one of the screens in the control room. I gasped.
    "What is it?" Sam whispered.
    "I've seen this place before. And I'm pretty sure we found what I was looking for."
    "How do you know?"
    "I…it's kind of a long story."
    "Okay. Let's go back to the car and you can tell me. I don't like being out here in the open like this."
    I agreed and we went back to Anna's car and got in. I explained about my trip to the other warehouse and I could tell Sam wanted to yell at me, but knew there wasn't time.
    Once I finished talking he asked, "Is that everything now? The whole truth?"
    "Yes. I swear."
    "Okay. We'll have a chat about you trying to get yourself killed later. For now I need you to drive back to my place and stay put. Really this time."
    I looked down at my hands, fingers twisting nervously in my lap. "Fine. Where are you going?"
    "I need to call this in and get a team over here."
    "You're going in?"
    "Not yet. We'll start with surveillance. Damn, Carly. Your reckless behavior might have just busted this case wide open."
    I smiled weakly. "Maybe I should apply to the police academy."
    He shook his head, but a smiled tugged at the corners of his mouth. "Let's just start with you going home, okay?"
    "Fine."
    He kissed me softly on the forehead. "I'll check in with you as soon as I can."
    "Okay. Sam," I said as he started to leave the car.
    "Yeah?" He turned his wide, handsome face to me and my heart swelled.
    "Be careful."
    "Always am. Except when it comes to beautiful girls."
    I grinned as he got out and walked down the block away from the warehouse. In his black jacket and pants he could have been anyone, just a big anonymous man not unlike the one I'd seen earlier, but in ways I wasn't ready to admit to myself, he wasn't just any man. He was one who infuriated and excited me, comforted and terrified me. Amidst all this insanity I was falling for Sam, and falling hard.
    That thought was scarier in a way than being kidnapped, and I pushed it to the back of my mind. Heading back towards Sam's house I dialed Anna's phone number. When it started ringing I remembered I didn't have my cordless headset and the last thing I needed was to get a ticket for talking on a cell phone while driving. Peering into the rearview mirror I saw a car coming around a corner behind me. It was a black sedan with dark tinted windows, much like the one I'd seen outside my office, and like the one I'd been abducted in.
    "Shit," I said under my breath. I hung up the phone and