I paced back and forth as I waited for some news. “Bennett, over here for a second, will you?”
Turning to where Derrick had called out my name, I quickly walked over to where he was standing along with two CSI officers. “Anything?”
“Nothing. The place has been wiped clean. But, we did find a small amount of blood on the floor in the hallway that we swabbed and will compare against Ms. Atwood.”
Derrick thanked them and took me by the arm as we walked toward the car. “Tell me everything again.”
Pushing my hand through my hair, I sighed in frustration. “I fucking told you already.”
“Tell me again.”
“She sent me our code text. I called her back within thirty seconds and it went to voicemail. I tried calling back three more times before I tracked where her phone was. It was in th
is building and then began moving.”
“All right, so we know the tracking started here and moved up Highway 550. It stopped about twenty miles outside of Durango. We’ve got two state patrol officers currently trying to find the phone. My guess is the cell phone was tossed out the window.”
It was the first time anyone had even hinted about Meagan being taken by someone.
“I called Melissa and she told me Meagan was going to a meeting with a group of moms about bullying. Supposedly her daughter went to the same school as Mitchell did.”
“Name?”
“Susan Powell and she thinks the daughter’s name is Kate.”
Derrick nodded his head. “Let’s get these names ran through the high schools and see if we can find a hit on either one of them.”
I was about to say something else when all the air left my lungs. “It’s right in front of us.”
Derrick gave me a confused look.
“Joshua Black.”
It didn’t take long for us both to get into the car and race over to his office.
Stepping off the elevator, Derrick and I headed straight to Black’s office. “Excuse me! Sir . . . um . . . you can’t just go into his office! Sir!”
I pulled out my badge and showed Black’s receptionist as I pushed the door to his office open. The same blonde I’d seen him with before jumped up and stumbled backwards as she covered her body with her shirt.
“Jesus Christ! You can’t just come barging into my office like that!”
Glancing over to the blonde, I motioned for her to leave. “Next time lock your door,” Derrick said from behind me.
“Where is she?” I said as I walked up to Joshua and grabbed him. Derrick was right there, pulling me away from him.
“Easy, Gray. Take it easy.”
Joshua smoothed out his suite and gave me a confused look. “Where is who?”
“Meagan! She’s gone. What did you do to her?”
Narrowing his eyes, Joshua looked between Derrick and me. “What in the hell are you talking about?”
I slammed my hands on his desk and yelled out, “I don’t have time for this, Black! Tell me what you know or so help me God I will give up everything just to beat it out of your ass!”
Swallowing hard, Joshua held up his hands. “Okay . . . okay . . . just take it easy because I’m really confused what in the hell it is you’re talking about.”
“Joshua? Is everything okay in here?”