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"Sorry, Noah. Is Blake with you?" I walk back into the living room. Still no Blake.
"No, he isn’t. Why?"
"He texted he was just outside the building almost twenty minutes ago. He’s still not here. He won't pick up his phone. I'm worried."
I hit the elevator button, and the doors open. It’s empty.
He doesn't say anything. "Noah?"
I get on the elevator and head to the lobby.
"It's okay, Lily. I'm coming. I'll check with Rob and see if he's heard from Blake."
"Okay."
I hang up, and the doors open. I step out and look around. Blake isn't here. I walk up to the security desk. "I need you to find Blake."
The jerk doorman brushes me off. "I'm sorry, Ms. Allen. I don't know where he is."
"Well, he called me saying that he was getting out of his car, right outside the building, and he never showed up. He has to be here somewhere."
I'm practically screaming at the guy by the time I'm done. The doorman comes running over since I'm making a scene in the lobby.
"Can I help you?" he asks me.
"Blake was on his way inside, and he disappeared. I want to know what's going on."
I try to stay calm, but I can feel that something bad has happened.
The doorman looks over at the security guy.
"Check the tapes. Run them back about––"
He looks at me.
"Twenty-five minutes," I say.
It's been that long already. I try to keep myself from falling apart. There has to be a perfectly good explanation. Tenants meander by, trying to find out what's going on. I ignore them all. I feel relief when both Noah and Rob walk through the doors. They will find the answers. The doorman and security guy think I'm overreacting, but I'm not. Something bad has happened to Blake.
They walk toward me.
"Have they found anything out yet?" they ask me.
"They are checking the tapes now," I reply.
They both go around the desk to check the tapes with the security guy. The guy has a different attitude now that the owners of the building are standing over him. I really don't care what's going on. I just want Blake back with me.
"There he is." Blake points to the screen.
I hurry around the desk and look. Blake is walking to the elevator and raises his hand to push the button when he turns to look at something. He walks to the back door and goes through. Doesn't return.
"Where did he go? Do you have more cameras back there?"
I don't wait for an answer. I rush to the door that Blake walked through earlier. Nothing. There is a hall with doors on each side, then a door to the back alley. I open the back door and poke my head out.
Nothing.
I head back to the lobby.
A phone is lying on the floor by the first door I went through. I reach down and pick it up. I know before I turn it over that it's Blake's. Someone has taken him.
