Ezra arrived in Reno on his private plane less than two hours later. His cell rang and he looked down to see Gabe calling him.
"This is Ezra." He answered.
"Ezra, Gabe. I am working with the sheriff of Maricopa County to find Sean. He thinks he may have went to either Phoenix or back home. I just wanted to keep you updated."
Gabe said. Ezra smiled. He knew Sean was neither in Phoenix nor headed home. Sean had his own personal private investigator and Paul found out who he was. After contacting him with an offer of more money than Sean could even fathom, he filled Paul in on where he was headed. They were close to finding her.
"But not close enough." Ezra thought to himself. He thanked Gabe and asked him to keep him posted. He didn't want to tell them
he knew where Sean was because he wanted to make sure himself that Sean was not capable of hurting her ever again. He told him Billie was safe and resting and he would have Andrew call him when she awoke.
The PI tipped them off to where Sean was staying for the night. Ezra cracked his knuckles as he got out of the car and walked into the lobby of the Hyatt.
They made it up to the room number they were given and were surprised to find it unlocked and propped open. They slowly crept inside to find it empty.
"Shit." Paul said, looking around.
Ezra scanned the room and his eyes stopped on a piece of paper and a pen. Ezra looked closer. "They will be at this hotel in Salt Lake City. And I can assure you, she will be alone." It said. Ezra get his heart racing, as fear and anger moved throughout his body.
"Paul, he found her and we left her to be found." Ezra said.
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Billie laid in the large tub for what seemed like forever. The fear and tension she had carried for the last couple of weeks was felt in every muscle of her body. She finally decided that if she stayed one minute longer, her skin might fall off, so she stood up and toweled off. Walking into the bedroom, she heard pounding on the door.
"Andrew, is that room service or something?" She called out. But Andrew didn't answer. She wrapped and tied the white fluffy hotel provided robe around her and walked to the door. She looked out and saw no one through the peephole. She turned back around and the knocking began again.
"I left my key, can you let me in?"
She heard a man say.
"Andrew." She said under her breath as she turned back to the door and opened it.
"You need to be more caref…"
She began and then her jaw dropped. She looked down and saw Andrew slumped on the floor beside the door, and looking back up again, she stopped as she looked directly into Sean's eyes as he stood in front of her.