Chapter 3: Is there a connection?
" Maam please take this fork off my throat. I will tell you everything you need to know " Tobin pleaded with tears in his eyes.
She felt pity for him and lowers her hand encouraging him to speak.
'You can now speak freely. How do you know me and what happened to me? ' she asked again as she maintained a firm grip on the fork in her hand though lowered from his throat.
"Maam I wonder who would not know you in this town. Your wedding was the talk of the town for many weeks. Your picture was everywhere even on the billboards. Who would not know the only child of General Drinkwater? " he asked although he wasn't expecting an answer.
Haley knew he had a fair point there. Her father had made so much noise about her marriage much against her protest. It was asif anytime she protest then it added more fuel to the fire as her father would go another length in making the world know his daughter was getting married.
"What happened to me then? How am I here? She asked again as that was the most important question to her.
"I really don't know how come you are here. But what I know is that the whole town has been turns upside down with everyone looking for you. You were abducted yesterday from your house and no one knows who is responsible for it. No one has been caught neither has anyone come out to claim responsibility. Many people even thought it was must be the handwork of terrorist groups who are in constant fight with your father " Tobin explained to her.
From the look on his face she could tell her was saying the truth. She had interrogated so many criminals in her line of duty that she could easily tell if anyone was lying.
She was glad she has been able to learn some few things. One was the fact that she was abducted only yesterday. She had feared that she must have been out for many days.
" what time is it? She asked looking at Tobin.
" its 5 am in the morning. I am the one with the keys so I have to always come befor everyone ' Tobin added as he didnt want her to suspect him for coming too early.
" Then yesterday before you locked this place didn't you border to check if someone was inside? Haley asked trying solve her case almost immediately.
'We didn't open yesterday. Our boss ordered everyone to be in the wedding. So it was a work free fay for us" He replied.
Haley thought about his reply. She immediately ruled out the owner of this warehouse from her case she was sure he would not abduct her to keep her in his own warehouse. Besides she knows him, she have seen him once or twice when he came to pay a visit to her father and she was sure she doesn't have an history with him.
Whoever abducted her has an history with her and it must be a very deep history for him to know what she likes.
"Did anything else happen yesterday? She asked with a feeling of not expecting much.
"Yesterday was a sad day for this town not just because you were kidnapped but because another sad event also took place. Some people even tried to link the two events together "
"What happened? Haley asked curiously
" The daughter of minister Peterson was killed yesterday too. Almost the same time with when you were abducted " he replied her.
"Minister Peterson? She asked alarmed as she tried to see if they could be any connection.
Minister Peterson was the only federal minister in their town. He was also an associate of her father but she could not think of anything that could relate the two events.
She sighed in frustration as she immediately felt this urge that she had a lot to do. The urge for her work came rushing back to her. Her detective instincts were back. But then she would need to return to her family first however she would not want to return in this wedding gown.
"Please Tobin can you help me with some piece of Clean clothing? She asked trying as the look on her face soften
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