ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Cross pov

“Is there anyone who you might think has a hand in her disappearance?”

The police asked, at first I wanted to say no but I couldn’t rule it out so I told them everything about Louis, and Gonna, and how he blackmailed us and how we were about to get out from it, after narrating everything, the police left saying they will look into it and get back to us by morning, for me, the morning was too far but my hands were tied, not like I could turn down the whole of New York looking for her, I would have if it was possible but I didn’t even give a lead as to where she went. They asked me for a description of how Lois looked like I couldn’t say because I haven’t met him in person before but I did tell them everything about Ginna, it was too late to get the CCTV close to the hospital so they said they will check it out the next day and left, the estate security also promise to check their CCTV footage of the past twelve to twenty hours if she did come back, I thank them and they all left, leaving Dean Grace me and my house staff, I told the staff they go turn in for the night as it was way past nine pm before the police and security men left, they bid goodnight and left, they all looked worried, I turned to Dean.

“Thank man, I owe you,”

I said but he didn’t respond, he was looking at me like he had something to say.

“What is it?”

“I know you are going through a lot right now, with Kathy’s disappearance and I shouldn’t say this but I have to say it because I can’t keep it in,”

“Say what?”

“How come I am finding out what happened from you while you were telling the police? I thought we were friends?”

“I am sorry, I just didn’t want to bother you with it man, you have your own life and I didn’t want to drag it, even my family didn’t know just me, Kathy, and the three other people involved, including Kathy’s friend Marilyn,”

I said I didn’t think I needed to tell him which is why I didn’t but now that he was talking about it I felt I should have told him.

“And you couldn’t even at least tell me that they were working together?”

“Dude can we not talk about this now? I can’t deal with this,”

“No, we**”

“Dean stop it will you, can’t you see the man isn’t in his right mind, can’t you be considerate? Shut up if you don’t have anything else to say, you are embarrassing,”

Grace let out cutting Dean off, this was the first time she was talking since they came in.

“I am sorry, I didn’t mean to be insensitive, I just had to say what’s on my mind,”

“Well, you choose the wrong time, moron,”

“I am sorry,”

Dean apologized again and I nodded, I couldn’t blame him, I will say the same too if I were in his shoes.

“Thanks, Grace,”

I said to Crave who nodded.

“It’s fine, let’s just concentrate on finding your wife okay? Don’t worry she will come back safely,”

“I hope so,”

I said helplessly, we stayed up late till past one am, I expected Kathy to show up but she never came, I fell into a worried, restless sleep at about two am in the morning…

The next morning I was out of the house before Dean and everyone else was up, I went straight to the estate security and asked them how far it went, they didn’t have anything for me, as the CCTV didn’t capture her returning,

“This means she never returned to the estate, I am sorry sir,”

The guy said.

“No, it’s fine,”

I said but I wasn’t fine, this just proved the fear that I had all through the night, something bad has happened to her, I didn’t even know where to start from, no one has called and I didn’t hear about any accident, so it definitely wasn’t an accident, I couldn’t rule out Louis that bastard’s threat anymore, what if he had her? I am going to kill that bastard of it turns out that he was the one that took her, I drove back to the house, the other already woke up.

“Man, where did you go to?”

Dean asked.

“To the security office, but they don’t have anything, she didn’t come back, between the hospital and this estate something happened to her and I don’t know what,”

“Calm down,”

“I can’t calm down, don’t tell me to calm down, my wife is out there somewhere and you say I should calm down? She is pregnant dude and she hasn’t been doing well which is why she has been visiting the hospital, I should have gone with her, I shouldn’t have let her go alone, it’s all my fault,”

“I understand man, but nothing is going to get done if you keep blaming yourself, what happened has happened, let’s see what we can do to get her back, I already called the police and they will be here in a few moments,”

“Thanks, man,”

I said and entered the house, going upstairs to take a cold bath in hope that it will cool me down but it did nothing, not when I kept thinking if what could be happening to Kathy right now, would she be waiting for me to come and save her? God, I hated this feeling, when I came back downstairs, the police were already there again, together we went to the hospital where she had gone, we were able to locate the CCTV footage and indeed she got into the taxi, the cab was traced and was found abandoned in an old junk house with Kathy’s stuff inside proving that she was indeed kidnapped, the police tried looking for lies as to who drove the car and came up with nothing, I took them to Ginna’s house and like I expected it had been vacated after that the police went back to their office and I drive back home dejected.

Later, the police called and said they put out an emergency hotline with Kathy’s identity in case anyone has a lead they declared her missing and sent everything to the local media and everywhere, after that, there wasn’t anything else to do than to wait, for either the kidnappers to call or they get a lead, I didn’t like the idea one bit, but I had no choice, I thought of calling home and telling them what was happening but decided against it, I didn’t want them to worry, I just hope I can handle this and get Katherine back to me.