"The scene of the crime. They always return" Dave thought to himself, taking a drag of a cigarrette he bummed from another guest. 

"So what do you do?"

"If I told you I'd have to kill you." Dave winked. The other guest laughed. And took a long drag in. 

"No mostly,...

His wife had since gone to sleep. 

It was past two am by the time he got home. A plate with food on was left on the table, and a few notes on the counter. With a heart at the end of her name. 

He turned the TV on and...

"Listen to this sir." 

Dave leaned over to listen.

"Their a British couple, just on vacation or something. Im not sure. Just listen."

"Hmm." dave said. "The accents sound strange. What part of England?"

"Your guess is as good as mine."

"Follow them a little more. Something, I don't know something doesn't seem right."

"Sir,...

She first pretended to be alright, but now she was nervous. 

"If its who I think it is, they have a bug in the car, so when we go back we just have to act like a couple."

She didn't know how to reply just nodded. 

"Hmmhm."

Now she was wondering is...

"Where the fuck is it?"

"Oh, ah that's weird I could have sworn we just here, this is where I usually go."

"But where wheres the car." She almost leapt out of the car. But something caught her eye. The motel was far away but from a distance 6 black SUVs were...

He was holding up a picture to the concierge of the girl. The place was surrounded and then some with black cars and out of state plates. Dave was talking.

"I just need you to tell me, we won't hurt you, but have you seen her?"

The concierge didn't reply, he liked...

There was only a few employees at The Seaside Rest. Two had all worked their longer than anyone could remember, the concierge and the cleaner, they were part the fabric of the sea side. Getting the paper in the morning making sure all the guests had mints on their pillows....

The car sat alone now. It had been about 6 hours. The wind blew the beach sand near the times, and the engine was cold. It was cool now with out the suns heat. The sand was cold, there were a few people down the beach near the pier. Walking...

They were still leading the operation. A pot of coffee was just started and there was steady beat of some deep house beat playing. She had to find her. She knew she was gaining. 


"They found her car."

The words went through head and then out again without registering."

"What?" She said...

He had written down her locations when he periodically checked. Here and there, and he kept compulsively checking it when they stopped. The last place she had it on was  in Kansas. And that's where they were headed where the blue do stayed. The whole drive he was hoping she'd...