Kidnapped_A Criminal Deeds Novel by Kyle Autumn

Author:Kyle Autumn [Autumn, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melts Hearts and Panties Press
Published: 2019-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

21

Ali

When I wake up from the deepest, most wonderful sleep I’ve ever had, Keaton’s gone. His side of the bed is still warm though, so he couldn’t have left that long ago. I don’t want to fully open my eyes. The light we left on makes them water, and they’re puffy from all the times I’ve cried in the last…however long it’s been. So I keep them shut and snuggle deeper into the soft, cozy sheets.

But then I hear voices coming from the other side of the door.

One is definitely Keaton’s, but two more hit my ears and I have no idea who they are. I’m not sure if I should go out there, but I do gather my clothes on my way to pressing my ear to the door to hear better. And what I hear makes my blood run cold.

“We have to take her down to the station,” one man says. “Her friend is worried about her and wants to report her missing.”

“And I’ve told you that we talked to her friend,” Keaton tells the other men. “She knows that Ali is okay.”

“You’ve said that,” the same man says, “but we still need to lay eyes on her so we can see for ourselves. Then she needs to come to the station and sign some paperwork so we can finish our reports on this case.”

“This isn’t a case,” Keaton insists, a hardness that wasn’t in his tone before spurring me into action. “I don’t know how many times I have to tell you—”

“Sir, we need to see Alex Jarron right now,” says a second man. “Her friend has tried calling the number she has for her, but no one is picking up and she wants to file a missing person’s report. Just let us see her.”

When my clothes are on straight and my hair is secured in my hair tie, I open the bedroom door. Straight ahead is the front door, where Keaton is standing with two men.

Men dressed in police uniforms.

“Officers,” I say as I approach, hoping it’ll calm everyone down. “Are you looking for me?”

The tall one on the left straightens his spine as his eyes widen for a half second. If I hadn’t trained myself so diligently over the years to notice subtle changes like that, I would have missed it. Just like I would have missed the slight elbow he gives his partner.

Keaton doesn’t see any of it though. He’s staring at me like he wishes he could erase me from time itself. When he glances at the side table with a few framed photos on it, I follow his gaze and see why. The photos depict a smiling Keaton—something I’ve rarely seen. He even has a clean-shaven face, which is obviously something I’ve never seen. But there’s something else.

A woman. A smiling, happy woman laughing next to him at the camera.

By the length of his beard now, I can tell that this was a long time ago. And he’s already told me about her, so I don’t know why he wouldn’t want me to see her.

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