Lifted

“You take cream, right?”

“Good memory,” said the agent. He accepted the coffee, then took his notebook from his pocket. “So, we’ve monitored his bank accounts and credit cards. No activity at all since the disappearance. There were no unusual withdrawals during the previous year. We’ve circulated his photo but nobody has come forward. Hospitals. Morgues.”

Her eyes stung, but she was cried out.

He shifted in his seat. “Is there anything new you can tell me?”

“I remembered something. He started going to this church a few weeks before…before…”

She handed him the pamphlet she’d found in the closet.

 

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    • J Hardy Carroll

      The idea was open-ended. You could have been kidnapped by the church oh, he could have joined a cult, or he could have been raptured. It’s all up to the reader. Thanks for reading

  1. 4963andypop

    You s”how that she cares enough to pay someone, to search for her missing loved one. Her eyes stung, but she was all cried out.” This church pamphlet looks to be a promising lead. Your PI’s lack of people skills could prove comedic.

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