Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty-Five

Even though I live in Coconut Grove, it's only a 15-minute drive to Deborah's place in the middle of the night, and she's not satisfied.I pulled the car into the driveway and as it came to a slow stop, Deborah opened the door. "where have you been?" "I went to yoga class, then I went to the mall to buy shoes," I tease her, and it's only been 20 minutes since I rushed out of bed, and even my boyfriend in love couldn't be faster than me. Deborah let me in, clearly in a state of anxiety. "How long has he been missing?" I asked. "Damn it," she said, "I figured it was about three and a half hours. We were supposed to meet here, but he didn't show up. I went to the hotel where he was staying, and there was no sign of him either."

"Did he go somewhere else?" Deborah shook her head. "His wallet and keys are still on the dresser. Dex, he's in that guy's hands. We've got to find him, and before that beast does it." I have no idea how to find Kyle.As I said, I have feelings about many cases, but not this one.But I couldn't say no to Deborah, she was my sister. "Debs, it's a bad idea, but you should report it to your boss." She looked up, almost growling. "I've already reported it. I called Matthews and he sounded like he was relieved and told me not to be hysterical. I asked him to send a briefing and he actually said, 'Why?' It was just Kyle. Knowing what that guy looks like, we don't know what car he drives, we don't know his real name, we just know he took Kyle." She breathed heavily. "Matthews called the guys at Kyle in Washington, and they sent someone over Tuesday morning."

I need a moment to process the information that Deborah poured into me in one go. "Tuesday morning," she said, "is almost two days away. I don't want to wait until I find Kyle and he won't be able to put it back together." "No, one part at a time. His purpose is to utterly destroy the victim, physically and spiritually, leaving them never to recover, and left in a state of never-ending terror." "Oh my God, Dexter," Deborah said, turning away, shoulders shaking.It made me a little uneasy that she doesn't show her emotions easily. I know what to do in times like this, like a normal person should.I got up, walked over to her, put my arm around her shoulders, patted her shoulders, and said, "There, Debs, there." It sounded more stupid than I had feared, but she would Her head was on my shoulder and I was sobbing, so I figured it didn't seem wrong to comfort her in this way.

"I just can't take it, Dexter," she said, "if Kyle dies, or becomes—oh, God, I don't know what I'm going to do." She put her head on my shoulder again on, sobbing again. "Sorry," I said, "I don't know what to say." "You tell me what this guy is up to and how to get him. Dexter," she said, "you know this guy better than Kyle. We've got to find him, we've got to find him." She pulled herself together I got up, just blew my nose, and became the capable police officer sister I was familiar with again. "I'll give it a try. May I assume you and Kyle have done a basic investigation? That is, interviewed witnesses or something?"

"There's no need for that, Kyle knows who did it, and he knows who's turn will be next." "Say it again, he knows who's turn will be next?" Deborah frowned. "It doesn't seem to be. Kyle said that there are four people on the list who live in Miami, and one of them has disappeared. Kyle estimates that this person has been arrested, but this way, we have time to monitor the remaining three people." "Deborah, who are those four people? How did Kyle know them?" She sighed. "Kyle didn't tell me their names, but these people belong to some kind of organization, in El Salvador, with this...Dr. Danco." She spread her hands helplessly, but it made me feel more A feeling of being used.The world is happily running wild, getting into the worst kind of trouble, and leaving the feisty Dexter to pick up the slack.It's really unfair, but what can you do?

More importantly, what do I do now?It seems that we really can't rescue Kyle intact. Even if we have a good star, even if I am talented, I'm afraid we won't be able to find him before Dr. Danke takes action.