I look throughout at Gareth. “Alex is right here now. You possibly can go.”

Gareth grunts, however he stands. He opens his mouth to say one thing, however a knock on the door stops him in his tracks.

Who on earth may that be?

Alex continues to be proper behind me as I open the door.

“Lana Maitland?” a tall girl with brief, darkish hair addresses me.

“Sure?”

“Detective Carsons. Can I are available?”

“Please.” I step again. Gareth sits again down on one of many recliners. “Um, that is my boyfriend, Alex. And that’s my boss, Gareth Turner.”

She nods towards each of them. Alex nods in return.

“Please sit.” I nod towards the empty recliner, and she or he sits whereas Alex and I sit on the sofa. “Casey, honey. How about you go and play in your room for a short time?”

“I need to watch Paw Patrol.”

I stroke her cheek. “I do know, however I simply want to speak with this woman. I’ll get you an ice cream if you happen to do that for me.”

Her eyes widen. “However dinner …”

“Simply this as soon as I’ll let you may have one earlier than dinner.”

I don’t must ask her twice. She zooms off to her room with out even wanting behind her. Beside me, Alex chuckles.

Shifting my gaze to Detective Carsons, I swallow exhausting. “Do you may have an replace?”

“The excellent news is that we’ve discovered the girl chargeable for at the moment’s incident.”

Aid floods my system. The very last thing I wanted was somebody nonetheless operating round on the market who tried to seize my baby. “Who’s she? What did she need?”

Detective Carsons pauses for a second. “You advised the constable you had been involved concerning the images on the TMZ web site, didn’t you?”

I nod. My abdomen sinks.

“This was associated to the images,” the detective says. “One among Mr Stone’s followers tried to abduct your daughter.”

13

Alex

This can be a nightmare.

I’ve by no means felt so helpless.

“She’s a part of an internet group who’ve been debating whether or not Mr Stone is Casey’s father,” the detective explains.

“Wait. What?” I ask.

Lana’s neck nearly swivels 180 as she appears again at me. “It’s these rattling images, Alex.”

“The perpetrator is fifteen.”

I stare on the officer. “What?”

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