I call the security service and I tell them what's happened. They assure me a hard file of today's footage will be stored and walk me through the process of rewinding the feeds.
I see something that makes my blood run cold.
I rewind it back to the very first moment he touched her. I can see her face clearly as she tries unsuccessfully to pull away. She has no idea that the person tugging on her is her tormentor. Her mouth opens as she says something, and his hands wrap around her waist.
I can see the fear in her eyes when her mouth falls open again, and I know what she's yelling. She’s yelling for me. Her mouth forms into a sream, and he grabs her by the neck.
I'm less than a hundred feet away, and I had no idea. I had no idea that the woman I love was being taken right in front of me, while calling my name. Anger and fear are the driving forces that have me slamming my fists into the desk.
The detectives review the same footage, and both quickly issue a missing person report and a possible abduction.
The word "possible" sends me into a tailspin, screaming for them to find her.
Jude and George close the store. Within minutes, we have every person out of the store as it is swarmed with police.
I call Brian back and explain what I saw.
“It’s was him. Darryl took her.”
