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       Chapter Five

      The doorbell rang and Rachel’s dad, John, ran to see who it was. His body was on edge from all the commotion with his youngest daughter missing. He and his wife, Betsy, hadn’t felt this worried or scared in a long time and now, hopefully, the person at the door would have the missing link in the case.

      RING.

      The doorbell rang again as he ran down the stairs in his bathrobe. He quickly peered out of the window and saw three police officers standing on his stoop, a sight he had unfortunately grown accustomed to since they had moved in just over a month ago. He reached for the knob and swung the door open.

      “Who is it?” Betsy yelled down from the bedroom.

      “It’s the police, you should come down!” he exclaimed.

      As he opened the door he looked at the faces of the cops that were staring blankly back at him.

      “Any news? Please say you found her,” he asked, looking up towards the sky as if saying a prayer.

      The cops looked at each other and then back at him, “Unfortunately, sir, we don’t have anything new to report to you. We don’t have your daughter – yet.”

      “Please! Someone find her!” Betsy’s voice cried through the doorway.

      “Did they find her?” Rachel’s sister, Sarah said as she came barreling towards the front door.

      “No, we do not have your sister,” the police stated again.

      “Is there any way to track her down?” John asked, hopeful.

      “We have traced her cell phone records and know where she was right before her phone went dead. She had been sending text messages, to you I think?” the police officer said, looking at Sarah.

      “Me?” Sarah said, looking down at her phone. “I haven’t gotten a text from her?”

      “Well, maybe it was someone else. We are not positive, but the signal was sent in this location.”

      “Do you know anything, darling?” Betsy said, looking at Sarah.

      “Mom, I already told you. She was going to meet that guy, Benji. That’s all I know.”