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86 - Shock
~Derek’s Point of View~
It had now been nearly two days since Beth was released and I was really close to losing my shit. There was just nothing more we could do, we were totally helpless.
The kidnappers had been more than careful and if I hadn’t been so insaney furious I might have admired their work. They had to have slipped up at some point, we just had to catch a break.
It was extremely illegal but Mick was running the photo we got of the driver from a street camera through the DMV. It was the middle of the night and everyone was half asleep or actually asleep.
Heath and Beth had been holed up in his place and I didn’t want to bother them, not that I had any news.
I was in the kitchen
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