35 - "Where's Egypt Marshall?"

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Lisa awoke to dozens of missed calls and texts, neighbors banging down her door and to news that was now making international headlines: Egypt Marshall was missing

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Lisa awoke to dozens of missed calls and texts, neighbors banging down her door and to news that was now making international headlines: Egypt Marshall was missing.

It was every parent's worst nightmare and it was coming true right before Lisa's eyes. She didn't think life could get any worse than it was right now, but she'd been proven wrong.

First it was Egypt's behavior that was the problem. To the rocky relationship with her father. To her killing a baby. And her now disappearing from the face of the earth.

Lisa was watching one of the news stations as they talked about it. Apparently, the rehabilitation center she'd been at in Vermont didn't have counselors at the facility. So once a week a van full of kids needing to see therapists as part of their rehab requirements, would travel out to a third party site. Camera footage from a Dunkin' Donuts showed the van Egypt was inside with some other girls traveling on the road where it was then T-boned from the side. Masked men jumped out the van they were in and ambushed the rehab van pulling girls out left and right. Some ran, some got shot and some got taken. Egypt were among some of the ones who were taken. The kidnappers took off with the girls they managed to take and left. Only the driver, one employee from the rehabilitation center and three girls were remained at the scene.

Lotus! Lisa thought, knowing it had to be the work of his cartel. He had changed his mind and come after her. Lisa dropped to the floor and let a deep sob escape her lips. She could be dead right now. Despite what Egypt had done Lisa could not just delete her love for her daughter.

Besides, she would never be able to live with herself if she didn't know what happened. Frantically, Lisa ran up the stairs to call her mother, Sheila.

Lisa didn't have a car since she abandoned her Range Rover at the car dealership and stole one of their cars when she attempted to flee New York with Egypt. Of course police recovered the stolen car and though she would serve no jail time for her stunt, her license was suspended for the next two years.

As soon as her mother picked up the phone her mother was screaming back at her about the news. She was one of the people who had called multiple times but Lisa had not picked up.

Sheila told her that she was five minutes away and to be outside.

Lisa was outside in three minutes in the same spaghetti strap dress she was wearing as loungewear inside the house; with tall leather boots on. She was looking crazy but she didn't care. Sheila pulled up in five minutes like she said she would.

Lisa jumped in the passenger seat, hugging her mom. "I'm so scared ma!"

"Me too baby." Sheila said, stepping on the gas.

They floored it to Lotus' house on the other side of town. When they arrived Lisa put in the code at the gate and it opened. Sheila drove onto the large property and didn't even stop the car before Lisa jumped out.

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