Be Like or Be With?

Chapter 13: Missing

Chapter 13: Missing

(tw: violence, mention of stalking, blood/gore, kidnapping, rape)

Heather C's POV (a bit over one month later)

It's our two month anniversary!! I got little matching bracelets, a blue one for me, a red one for her, and when one gets tapped, it buzzes the other. I think she'll really like them. I woke up first and started trailing kisses from her jawline down to her neck, slowly yet gently waking her up.

Wake up baby, I've got a surprise for you, and then we're gonna go to the mall ok? She slowly opens her eyes and smiles, she's gorgeous. Wait... I never noticed that.

Veronica, I've been living with you for almost two months, and I never noticed. You. Have. Freckles.

She slightly turns away and reddens. "Y-yes I do."

How did I never notice that?

"That's because I usually cover them up with a layer of foundation. I don't really like them."

Babe, why? They're adorable, absolutely adorable. She blushes again before responding

"Th-thank you, I won't cover them up today."

Thank you baby. Now c'mon get up and get dressed, I've got a surprise for you. I say before dragging her out of bed and into her closet. We get dressed and I pull out a little blue bag with the bracelet inside. When she opens it she looks confused, but when she puts it on, she taps it and sees mine buzz.

"Heather, these are adorable, where did you find this?"

Instagram ads, they really work don't they! Happy two month anniversary darling. I say with a smile and pull her into a kiss, placing my hands on the back of her neck. When she tries to deepen it too much, I pull away, just to tease her. She frowns but quickly changes her mood when I pull her into the car to go to the mall. After a bit of walking around and buying a few things she ran off to the bathroom, she drank water for the first time in a few days today and she forgot that you need to use the restroom when you drink water. I'm walking to where the bathrooms are when my bracelet buzzes. It buzzes again, and again, and again, and again. Until I notice a pattern.

buzz buzz buzz, pause, buzzzz buzzzz buzzzz, pause, buzz buzz buzz, stop. Shit, it's morse code for SOS. I run into the bathrooms and see that she's missing, nowhere to be found. I called her phone and it went straight to voicemail. It didn't ring once, so I call her parents.

Mrs. Sawyer? Help, we're at the mall and I got Veronica these matching bracelets that you can buzz the other when you tap it, and she went to the bathroom, and she took a while so I started to walk over there and then she buzzed SOS through the bracelet, she's not in the bathroom, and her phone goes straight to voicemail.

After some talking we call the police and start a search.

TWO HOURS LATER

After a while of searching in and around the mall my bracelet buzzes again, this time with a new pattern.

Buzz buzzzz buzzzz buzzzz. Pause. Buzzzz buzz buzz. End. I memorize that and go to a police officer.

Excuse me sir, do you know morse code?

"Yes, why?"

Well today I gave Veronica a bracelet that buzzes the other when you tap it. The reason I called you is because she tapped morse code for SOS, but I don't know what she's saying now. Can you translate?

"Yes yes of course. Let me look." I tell him what I felt and he replies, "She only said two letters, J, then D."

Oh shit, JD, that's the guy who's threatened to kill both of us. Do you think he took her?