Chapter 15

"You bunch of idiots! How hard can it be to find one person?" Inside William's office, he flung the files across his desk at Rosie. Pages exploded into the air, fluttering to the floor like confetti, each one packed with leads on Emily's whereabouts. And still, no matter how hard they searched, she was nowhere to be found. Rosie's voice shook. "There hasn't been a single trace of Ms. Caldwell. The surveillance footage caught her leaving that day, but after that, it's like she vanished into thin air." William rubbed his temples, the pressure in his skull building. His veins bulged with tension. "Did you check the airports? Train stations?" "We did. But the data's been blocked. For some reason, we can't access anything." "Blocked?" he echoed. Then, something snapped into place in his mind. Back when they were still together, Emily had once joked, "If you ever break my heart, I'll run back to my parents, and you'll never find me." The memory hit him like a bolt of lightning. With