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“Sure. She’s in here often. A fine arts major.”
“Yes. She is.” He lifted the photograph and stared at his sweet sister. “When was the last time you saw her?”
“This morning when I arrived. She must’ve been playing some sort of sorority game. She was wearing a blindfold and another girl was leading her down the front stairs of the library.”
Darknesshaddescendedoverthe city when Samantha took a seat beside Gavin on the city bench. They’d attended a rally that Cate’s sorority had planned. It was a nothing more than a large gathering promoting local arts and culture. Definitely didn’t seem related to Cate’s disappearance. They finished searching the apartment she had shared with her friend Brittany before they’d moved into the sorority house. While she and Gavin handled that, Scott and Grayson interviewed everyone from the sorority they could convince to talk to them.
When they met up after, Gray insisted Gavin take Sam out for a bite to eat. He’d suggested Morton’s, but she’d convinced Gavin that cheese steaks from Gino’s made more sense. Neither one of them was interested in a five course meal. She took a bite and savored the mix of flavors. The rolls made all the difference. A genuine Philadelphia roll made for a great sandwich. But with Gavin’s sister missing, it didn’t have the same appeal it usually did.
She dabbed her mouth with a napkin. “Do you think this is a sorority stunt like that librarian suggested?”
Gavin shook his head. A weariness had come over him, and she wished she could lift the heaviness from his shoulders. Would his sister truly worry her brothers without good reason? If it was true that she didn’t know Scott was watching her, then she might not even realize the harm she’d caused. Then again, the danger could be real. Just because it was a female she’d been seen with that morning, didn’t mean she wasn’t in danger.
“I wish I could turn back time and keep her from doing whatever stupid thing it was she did this morning that is keeping her away.”
She patted his knee. It was a sad fact that loved ones couldn’t always be protected, no matter how much a person wished it.
Gavin’s phone rang. He glanced at the screen, but silenced it without answering.
“Guess it’s not important.”
“It’s my dad. I don’t have any good news to share.”
Her eyes filled, and she blinked away the response. Jealousy. She’d give anything to speak to her father again, and here he was ignoring his.
Gavin brushed hair away from her eyes. “Hey. What’s wrong?”
“Maybe you should call him back. You never know when you won’t have the chance again.”
He squeezed her hand. “You’re right.” She hadn’t told him about her parents, but with his background in security, she was certain he’d looked into her history. Probably back when he’d first met her when Emily was staying at her house. There was no way he would’ve trusted Emily with someone he hadn’t done a background check on.
Chapter Fifteen
Gavinsatontheedge of the hotel bed and stared at his cell phone. He needed to call his dad back. Sighing, he hit the speed dial number. His father answered on the first ring.
“Dad, it’s Gavin.”
His call waiting beeped in with an unknown caller. “One sec, Dad it’s the other line.”
“Hello?”
“Gavin, it’s me. Listen, I need you to—“
“Cate, you’re breaking up. Are you okay?”
“—leave it alone. Let things—.” He was barely catching anything she said. Panic clawed at his throat making him wish he could jump through the phone to rescue her. The line went dead.
He went back to the call with his father. “That was Cate.”
“Is she okay?”
“I honestly don’t know. The call was breaking up. She said something about leaving it alone. That’s all I caught.”
“Leave what alone?”
“I wish I knew. Something’s going on. I think she was trying to warn us off of searching for her, but I’m more determined then ever to find her now.”
“Is it a good sign that she had access to a phone?”
