37 — Noah Foster
37 — Noah Foster
“Feeling so hopeless,
lost beneath the surface
I don't know what you're expecting from me
Put under pressure
To be in your place”
Numb — Linkin Park
Two damn days passed and all we had were false leads!
This is definitely killing me inside. The worst thing was seeing the desolation that was on my mother—in—law's face. The words didn't even need to come out of her mouth for me to understand how guilty she felt, but she was just another victim in this whole situation.
Norah and Sarah, together with Iolanda, informed her about what had happened, but when her scream reached my ears, I just ran to meet her. I remember like it was today:
“ — NO! IT CAN NOT BE!
I got close to them and only had time to catch her before she fell to the ground, she was in such pain.
— Calm down, Vic. Breathe. Don't blame yourself, it is not and will never be your fault. We will find her.
— Noah, you need to rescue my daughter, even more so now.
— I know, we will bring her home. Trust, please. ”
I spent a long time calming her down, while Norah and Iaiá prepared the guest room for her to stay. Her pain mixed with mine, as I didn't even get to see my son. I feel helpless even now. Not even the garden that my angel loves so much can give me encouragement. I've been here for hours, I've seen the sunrise and nothing.
If only we had a starting point, but there is none!
Absolutely nothing!
— Noah, get up and let's eat — Gael, who practically set up camp at home, calls me. — Iaiá made lunch.
— Zero appetite.
— Enough, man! Weak won't be of any use, it's all rubbish, but we can't give up. — Stop in front of me. — Later, I'm going to go to the company, I want to see how things are there and, who knows, maybe you can get something from John, some information that will help? After all, the two get along very well. Take advantage, Norah will take Vic to have tea at that nearby café, to clear out a little, too.
— Okay. I won't argue. — He knows how to be insistent when he wants to and, really, getting out of here for a bit can relieve all this tension.
After lunch, which was marked by a piercing silence, Kenny informed us that someone left something at Foster's reception, however, through the cameras, he was unable to identify who it actually was, as the person used the employees' arrival time to do so. .
As Gael plans to go there, he was responsible for seeing what it was about. Sarah will meet the girls at Lola’s near the company, to alleviate my mother—in—law’s concerns, while I will take the opportunity to talk to John.
Shit!
Jealousy is eating at me, knowing that he has already touched my wife's body, however, I need to get it into my head that he also did it and it does her a lot of good.
— Sir, I will accompany Gael to the company. Logan and a team will be with the ladies and Adam and another team will be with you. — J. let me know before we leave.
— Right. — I see that everyone is already in the cars, with their respective security guards. — Anything, call me immediately.
I head to the SUV, where Adam is waiting for me.
— Sir, we're going to catch this guy. Kenny is tracking, with Aideen, a possible lead that Mr. Gael's contact gave him. We will have news soon.
— I hope so, Adam. I myself intend to put a painful end to this shit.
— Count on me.
After our brief dialogue, we continued in silence. I feel like I'm on the verge of mental exhaustion, projecting different scenarios in my head. I remember the bizarre dream I had in the few hours I slept. There was a boy, who took me back to the time when I lived on the streets, and he took care of Nina with great care. As if it were me as a child, giving her encouragement.
Fucking crazy!
— We're here, sir. — Adam takes me out of my reveries.
— What's up, John? — I greet him, as soon as I enter the pub, observing the tranquility of the place.
— Everything okay, Noah? I haven't seen you in a while, and from what I can tell, something isn't right. Your face is fucked up, my friend.
— They kidnapped Catarina. — I drop the bomb at once.
— What the fuck! When was that?
I suggest that we sit at a table further away and explain everything that has happened over the last few days. With every word I say, I see him getting more worried.
— What the hell! That's why Lynn didn't get back to me and won't answer me. Tell me what I can help with.
— Honestly, I don't even know. Gael went to the company to check some information. I came here, leaving my jealousy aside, to see if you had anything that could help us.
— Nothing, unfortunately, nothing! Besides her cell phone, didn't she have any accessory that contained a tracker? Watch, earrings, ring?
— No, because the idiot here thought it wouldn't be necessary. — Another puncture I made. — I also made a mistake when I didn't tell her that that piece of shit had run away, Nina was having such a calm moment, she didn't want anything to get in the way.
We spent a long time talking, I know John tried to distract my mind. I could understand the affection that Nina feels for him, the guy is sincere in everything. A great friend.
My cell phone starts ringing. I see Gael's name on the display.
— He speaks.
— I think we have a lead. Wait at John, I'm on my way — turns off.
What the hell!