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in one motion before quickly pulling away from the curb at high
speed. Tobi wasn t able to retain much about where they were
going. Not knowing what else to do, she reached into her pocket,
opened her cell phone, and pushed a couple of random buttons.
She wasn t sure what number was being speed dialed. She quickly
pulled her hand back out because she didn t want to draw his
attention to what she was doing. He darted in and out of traffic
before exiting off the highway onto a residential street. Several
blocks later, he pulled into a driveway, jumped out, and slammed
the door. Yanking Tobi s door open, he roughly pulled her out.
Tobi almost fell to her knees, but caught herself on the door and
stood up.
She followed him up some worn steps and waited while he
unlocked the door. He pushed it open and shoved her through as
he stepped in. After he closed and locked the door, he looked at
her.
 You did good. I had my doubts, but you must really love
her.
Tobi ignored his remarks and just stood there. He wrenched
her arm and pulled her down the hall and shoved her into a dimly
lit room. Tobi stumbled over something on the floor and fell to her
knees. As she stood back up, the lighting in the room intensified.
 Time to wake up, bitch. You ve got company.
Tobi froze after hearing those words. Tied to a chair was a
bruised and battered Ryan. She had a large mark on the side of her
cheek that was partially obscured by a piece of tape covering her
mouth. The side of her head appeared damp but from what Tobi
wasn t sure.
Tobi s entire chest ached, and it took every ounce of her
willpower not to run to Ryan immediately.
He grabbed Ryan by the hair and Tobi could hear her
whimper. He pulled her head up and jerked it around before
yelling,  I said, wake up!
Slowly, Ryan s eyes opened, and Tobi could see the glazed
and dilated look. She definitely had some kind of head injury, but
Tobi was unsure of its extent.
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 Stop! Tobi knew she was taking a huge chance but walked
over and shoved his arm away from Ryan. Glaring, he backed
away and leaned against the wall.
 Ryan? Tobi reached for the edge of the tape and gently
pulled it off. Seeing Ryan s split lip and the blood on the tape
made her blood boil. She was trying hard not to completely lose
her temper now because she knew it would do neither of them any
good. First chance she had, though, Tobi was going to make sure
this bastard paid for every bump and bruise on Ryan s body.
Tobi put her fingers under Ryan s chin and raised her head.
God baby, what has he done to you? Tobi could see tears and
reached up with her thumbs to wipe them away.
 I m sorry, Ryan whispered.
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here the hell did they go? Jake shouted.
 They just disappeared, Jake. I don t know what
W
happened.
 Damn! Now, he s got them both. Whatever her reason for
leaving with him, it had to be pretty important. I drilled it into her
to stay away from him!
He opened his phone and punched in Grace s number. As he
waited for her to answer, he paced in front of the bench. How the
hell was he going to explain to her what happened?
 Hello?
 Grace, it s Jake.
 What s going on?
 Well, I don t even know how to say this, so I ll just spit it
out. Tobi went with him, and they disappeared. I have no idea
where they went or even what direction to check. Did the station
call back yet with that address?
 No. What do you mean she went with him? She knew that
was too dangerous.
 I know, he said, sighing.  Whatever the reason, Grace, I m
sure she felt she had to.
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 Dear Lord, Jake, what are we going to do?
 Just hang tight. I m going to try one other thing. I ll call you
back, okay?
 Yes, all right.
He disconnected the call and immediately dialed another
number. After the first ring, it went to voice mail. If Tobi had her
cell phone on, that could mean a couple of things. Either she was
using it or she was thinking along the same lines he was and
turned it on so there was the possibility she could be tracked.
 Captain, I think we should call the phone company and find
out what cell tower she s closest to. If we can narrow it down,
among all of us we should be able to cover that area pretty fast.
 Good idea. You get on that, and I m going to try and get
those guys to pull their heads out of their asses and get me that
fucking address!
Jake watched as the captain stalked back to his car. He then
placed a call to the cell phone company s corporate office.
 This is Sergeant Jake Smith, Badge Number 994, and I have
a life and death emergency.
Jake patiently explained the situation and was told that if he
went to the company s nearest cell phone dealer with proper
identification, they would fax him the information he needed. If
Tobi s phone had been a newer model they could have given him
her exact location with the advancement of technology. After
relaying this information to the captain, Jake headed to a
nearby phone dealer. He obtained a map of the general area the
signal was coming from and called the captain.
Agreeing that they d all meet in a central location, Jake hung
up and placed a call back to Grace.
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