The Girl Who Disappeared (Emma Griffin® FBI Mystery Book 36) by A.J. Rivers

Author:A.J. Rivers [Rivers, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.J. Rivers
Published: 2025-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

It only takes a short time for Cooper to come up to us with his phone. He holds it out to me, displaying an image clearly taken in this room. In it, the room is dimly lit and crammed with people. The table in the center of the room is cluttered with bowls and plates of snacks, drink cups, and beer bottles. There are a few people sprawled on the floor or across the furniture, but no one seems concerned about them. He points to the corner of the image, and I see a dark-haired girl with her arms up over her head. It looks like she’s dancing wildly, but no one else around her is dancing.

“That’s Roxy,” he says.

I look more closely at the image. She does match the description the boys gave me when they were citing the differences between Roxy and Brianna. The distance of the picture, as well as everybody around her, makes it so I can’t clearly see what she’s wearing. She has on something dark with long sleeves that looks like it could be a jacket like Brianna’s, but it’s not a clear enough image for me to know for sure.

“Do you have any other pictures with her in them?” I ask.

He starts scrolling again, and a few seconds later, he turns the phone back around so I can see it. I notice the little icon at the bottom of the screen that indicates it’s actually a video, not an image. He clicks the screen to start it. The video shakes a little and pushes through a wall of people, then I see the kitchen counter. Roxy is standing on top of it. It seems this is the infamous moment they were telling me about earlier.

Just like they described, Roxy is dancing on the counter, shouting and singing loudly. She keeps trying to make eye contact with different guys walking past, but other than some people taking videos and pictures of her, and others laughing, they don’t acknowledge that she’s there. A couple of girls around her start taunting her, but Roxy either doesn’t notice or doesn’t care. Her movements keep getting bigger, her arms flailing and her hips swiveling around until she is teetering treacherously at the edge of the counter. The entire time, the camera doesn’t move. I can hear Cooper laughing behind it.

“You are clearly amused,” I point out flatly.

“It was funny,” he says. “She kept trying to chat guys up and dance with them. She even sat in one dude’s lap and threw her arms around his neck, and he just plopped her onto the couch and walked away. So she hopped up there on the counter and just started flailing around.”

“You were watching this happen and didn’t stop to think she could be in danger? That something bad could happen because she was acting out so much, especially on top of obviously drinking too much? Or were you just having too much fun laughing about it to think about the fact that she is a human being?”

Cooper’s face darkens, and he takes the phone back.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.