Mh 06 Full Scoop by Janet Evanovich

Author:Janet Evanovich [Evanovich, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-10-01T10:48:48.973000+00:00

Chapter Nine

Fear sent an adrenaline rush through her body and sucked the air from her lungs. "What the hell do you mean, you can't find her?" she yelled as she struggled to take a breath. She yanked the door handle and slammed from the car. She started to run and stumbled; Zack caught her before she hit the pavement. She tried to pull free, but he wouldn't release her.

"Maggie, you need to calm down," he said. "The police are on their way."

"Calm down?" she said loudly, drawing stares from those lingering in the parking lot. "My daughter is missing, and I'm supposed to calm down!" She pulled free. "Find my damn daughter!"

She ran toward the theater, Zack beside her. She opened the door, and one of the employees looked as though he might stop her, but he stepped back instead. The expression on her face obviously convinced him she was somebody he didn't want to tangle with.

Maggie scanned the lobby where people stood in line for the nine o'clock shows. "Where are Caitlin and Emily?"

"This way." Zack took her hand and led her to the hall. He opened the first door they came to, and Maggie hurried into the auditorium. The lights had been turned up; a teenage boy sweeping up a popcorn spill moved from her path.

A heavyset man in dark slacks and a white dress shirt was talking to Caitlin and Emily, as their mother Roberta stood beside them looking anxious. They paused and looked up as Maggie approached.

"Where is Mel?" she demanded, eyes darting from one girl to the other.

"She told us she was going to go to the bathroom," Caitlin said.

"How long ago?"

"Right after the movie started," Caitlin answered.

"Two hours ago?" Maggie was incredulous, even though her heart felt as though it were being squeezed and twisted like modeling clay.

"I'm going to look around," Zack said, then glanced at Maggie. "Do not leave this theater, got it?"

She nodded. "Why didn't you tell somebody when Mel didn't return?" she demanded of Caitlin because she was the older of the two sisters. "Didn't you think it odd?"

"Maggie, the girls feel bad enough," Roberta said. "Shouting at them is not going to help matters."

"You would be yelling too if it was your daughter," Maggie said sharply. "Isn't that why we insist the girls go in a group?" The woman looked away.

The man in the white shirt stepped forward. "Ma'am, I'm Len Besser, the manager. I have a security guard searching the premises now. The police will be here any second. Do you think your daughter would have left the theater?"

"Absolutely not! Someone took her."

The manager looked surprised. "Do you actually have reason to believe that?"

"I wouldn't have said it otherwise." Maggie noted the kid had stopped sweeping and was listening. He glanced away quickly when he realized she was looking at him. "Did you ask that young man if he saw my daughter?" she asked Besser.

"I've questioned everyone," he said. "Nobody saw anything, but this is our busiest night of the week so I'm not surprised.

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