EIGHTY SIX — INTRUDER

Nina was nearly choking with anxiety as she and Hailey searched for Luke all around the club. They even went as far as searching outside and looking through every single car in the parking garage but one hour later, they still couldn’t find him.

All their efforts were futile.

“What are we supposed to do now?” Nina asked frantically, Luke’s phone snug in her grip.

Hailey paused and thought for a moment.

“Does the phone have any damages?” She asked, “like a cracked screen or…”

Nina flicked a glance at the phone and her eyes widened in horror;

“The screen is actually cracked.”

Hailey chewed on her bottom lip.

“I don’t wanna scare you or anything but from the cracked screen, there’s a high probability that he was kidnapped and had tried to fight off his assailants in the process.”

Hailey’s words hit Nina like a blow to the guts. She staggered backwards, her heart beating a mile per second.

“No….” She whispered. “It can’t be. It can’t.”

Hailey wrapped her arms around Nina’s shoulder in a