Chapter 205: Taken
*You said that you could make her come back to me. I’ll give you one more chance. Don’t fail, again. – Petros*
Toad was reading an article on the computer about the history of Harley Davidson. It was an older article, but still one of his favorites.
An email popped up from Kitchen Manager. He thought that it was odd since Nessie would usually just call or walk over.
He opened the email and began to read the thread starting at the bottom. Why was he included in this? The daycare food budget would take care of this.
He skimmed over Nessie’s response of adjusting the recipes for the more popular foods. There were ways to add vegetables in the meats and breads.
He clicked on a link for spaghetti with pureed vegetables in the sauce. Returning to the email he glanced at the other links. Then he noticed that the last paragraph ended mid sentence. Toad was about to reread the paragraph when his phone rang.
Lost in thought he picked up his phone and answered barely looking at Werewolf on the screen. “Yeah.”
“Alarm has been triggered by Nessie’s watch.”
“Fuck.” He said as he saw her signature line on the email.
Mitzi
“I’ll call you back.” He said standing up and ending the call. Toad took off running towards the back hallway and Nessie’s office.
Her office door was open and he rushed inside yelling her name. Her watch and phone lay on the desk. He looked at the camera and saw the spray paint over the lens. Moving to the kitchen door he yelled for her over and over.
Finally, the lock gave way and the door flew open. Zee stood in the kitchen looking confused and concerned.
“Where is Nessie?” Toad demanded.
“She just went back to her office.” Zee said motioning to the door.
“How long ago?”
“A minute, maybe two?” She said, getting more and more concerned. “She heard me in here and came in to see what I was doing.”
“She use that door?”
“Yeah. She has a bad habit of locking the door behind her.”
“And locking herself out of the office.” Toad observed.
“Yeah. It’s become a joke in the kitchen.”
Toad nodded as he called Werewolf back. “Yeah, she’s gone. Think she gave us a clue.”
Zee could hear the other man on the other end of the line. Fear set into her and she sat on a tall stool. Leaning against the stainless steel table, she gave in and cried.
“Right. I’ll call Brute and Trigg. We’ll shut it all down.”
As Werewolf spoke on the other end of the line, Knuckles burst through the open door behind Toad.
“Where the fuck is my wife?”
