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I pulled it out and saw I had a text from Brian.

Brian: Are you still at Hannigan’s?

Me: Yes.

Brian: Wait for me outside. I’ll be there in two minutes.

Me: I’m not leaving, I just got my food!

Brian: Lainey is missing.

I jumped up from the table and told Alan, “I gotta go. Lainey is missing.”

He didn’t sound like he believed me when he replied, “Missing? What do you mean by ‘she’s missing’?”

Still, he got up and threw a fifty on the table, then walked out the door with me, leaving our barely touched food on the table.

“I don’t know. Brian just said she’s missing.”

“He knows she has a date tonight, right? Maybe they decided to go earlier than they’d originally planned.”

I heard the siren before Brian’s car turned the corner, but the second he did, he killed the noise but left the lights on as he pulled into the parking lot.

“I doubt it. She and her friend have to bake for tomorrow.”

Brian rolled the passenger side window down as Alan asked, “Okay, but still, what makes her ‘missing’?”

I kind of wondered the same thing, until Brian replied, “She left Conor alone in the apartment.”

I felt all the blood drain from my face.

Up until then, I’d thought maybe they were making a big deal out of nothing. Like, they were manufacturing some drama to keep things in Haven Springs interesting, and people just needed to calm down and think logically.

At least, that’s what I’d hoped.

But there wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell Lainey would willingly leave Conor alone.

“Get in. I need you to pull up the camera footage on our way to her apartment. Kristy’s there with the baby.”

I didn’t hesitate to get in the passenger’s seat.

Alan asked, “Is there anything I can do?”

“Not yet but keep your phone close by.”

My brother’s expression was serious when he leaned inside the window.

“I know this goes without saying, but you need to find her. And you need to find her soon. Whatever you need me to do—legal or not, I’m in. Adam can fill you in on my skillset.”

Brian nodded.

“That’s good to know. We’ll be in touch.”

The worried look on my brother’s face as we drove away scared the hell out of me.

Chapter Fifty

Adam

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