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Chapter 35: She's Gone

DAMIEN POV

"Have you seen Naya?" I opened Vince's office door.

"No. Why? Her shift ended a couple of minutes ago." Vince answered.

"I know. I came to pick her up, but I don't see her outside." I told him.

"Did you check downstairs?" He suggested.

"I'm about to go now," I told him.

I quickly rushed to the door, scanned my hand, and ran down the steps, almost tripping. I looked around the space but didn't see her. I opened my office door and saw Rocco, Violet, and Scar laughing at something on the computer. They all turned their heads to me.

"Did Naya come down here?" I asked, internally praying she was here.

Violet scrunched her face. "Uh. No. I haven't seen her since today morning."

"Yeah, same. Haven't seen her since last night." Rocco said.

I looked at Scar, who just nodded no.

I started panicking. "Where is she?" I paced the room.

"Did you try calling her?" Rocco chirped in.

I pulled out my phone and clicked her number in my favorites. It went straight to voicemail.

"She's not answering." I started pacing faster.

"Maybe she went back to her apartment," Violet suggested.

"Why would she go back when I said I would pick her up?" I raised my voice at her.

Violet backed away from me. "Damien, calm down. Send one of the guys to her apartment."

"Rocco. Go." I ordered him and he quickly rushed out of the room.

I took a seat on my couch. Where could she be? Did she run away? Was yesterday too much for her? I should have talked to her more. Instead, I was too busy kissing her. Maybe she didn't like the kiss. Did I pressure her? I'm so stupid.

My phone rang and I quickly pulled it out, without looking at the caller ID. "Naya?"

"Nah, man. It's me. She's not here. I asked the neighbors and they didn't see her either." Rocco said on the other end.

Where could she be? She doesn't know anyone here. Well except Marian and that guy who works at the bar with her. But I saw him working outside a few minutes ago.

"Violet. Check the security cameras outside the bar." I walked up to the desk. She pulled up the footage and I saw all the live feed. "Go back 20 minutes."

She rewinded all the cameras.

"There. The alley cam." I pointed to the alley camera. Violet made it fullscreen.

My office door opened and Rocco came in.

"Ok. She's standing there." Violet said. "Oh my gosh!"

Someone came up behind Naya, grabbed her, and put something over her face. The mysterious figure carried her away to some black car parked a few feet away and drove off.

"Damien. DAMIEN!" I turned to Rocco. "Your hands are white!" I looked down to my clenched fists.

I turned around and started pacing the room.

"Yo, Damien!"

I punched the wall which created a huge hole.

"DAMIEN! STOP!" Violet shouted.

"STOP?" I looked at her. "She was fucking KIDNAPPED and you want me to stop?"

"I know the situation looks bad, but you can't go punching walls!" Violet yelled.