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“They did their shopping and then went out to lunch. Roberta said that right before they were about to come home, Stacey excused herself to the bathroom and never came back.”
I closed my eyes and prayed that someone hadn’t grabbed Stacey from the restroom. On a day like today, no one would be looking at faces, trying to remember people. We’d be lucky to get a single description of anyone out of the ordinary.
“There’s nothing on any of the security cameras, and no one saw her come out of the bathroom.” His voice broke. “Where’s my daughter?”
“I’m going to help you find her,” I promised. “I’ll work things from my end and call you if I learn anything. If you need me to talk to anyone at the police department, let me know.”
“They said they’d be searching for her, but...” He coughed the emotion out of his throat, and his tone hardened. “If I find out you’re lying to me and her sister knows something, I’ll do whatever it takes to make you pay.”
I absorbed the threat and ignored it. “I’ll call you if I find anything.”
I ended the call and immediately went to my contacts. I hated to ruin Jenna’s family time today, but she’d want to know. Besides, I needed to ask to make certain that Stacey hadn’t somehow found her and called. For all I knew, Stacey had called but hadn’t mentioned anything about where she was or the fact that her parents didn’t know she’d left. Jenna wouldn’t know that her sister was missing unless Stacey told her.
“Rona?”
“I’m sorry to do this,” I said, “but I just got a call from Elliot Johnson. Stacey’s missing.”
Jenna gasped but quickly recovered, and in a firm voice said, “Come over.”
