A Clue

Marcus and Sam were driving towards Jessica's location till suddenly, he lost signal.

“I do not seem to have her on the feed again,” Marcus mentioned in his voice showing how worried he was.

“You think she might be in trouble?”

“I am sure she is!” Marcus replied sharply, bringing the car to a sudden halt. “She was being tracked till suddenly it went out of transmission. Possibly, Derek noticed the tracker and if he did, he most certainly would not handle it likely. The man is dangerous.”

“Hmmm,” Sam gasped, stretching out in the car. “What do we do? We have to proceed using the last feed.”

“That would be best. Where we are now seems like a dense forest. We just have to keep going on foot till we are able to locate her. I gave her my word and I must fulfil it.”

“Mehn! That is too dangerous!” Sam groaned as they got out of the car. He was not entirely happy about getting on such an expedition with Marcus but he did not have a choice.

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Derek held up the object with anger boiling insi