Ingrid in Love

Chapter Seventeen

It was seven o'clock at night. Kommissar was sitting on her bed in tears, Pieter was beside her, trying to comfort her.

"She hasn't...hasn't come back all day" Kommissar pointed out between sniffly tears.

"Kommi, she'll come back, I know she will" Pieter said, trying to to reassure his wife (and himself) that Ingrid would safely return.

They were both equally worried, though Kommissar made it more obvious. Anything could have happened to Ingrid. They had no idea where she was, what she was doing or why she was gone.

"Baby, she probably has her phone with her, why don't we just call her" Pieter suggested.

"No, we can't" Kommissar replied, upset, "I took her phone away last night, I... I have it right here in my nightstand drawer."

"Oh. Why did you take away her phone?" Pieter asked.

Quickly, Kommissar recapped what went down the night before.

"It's all my fault that Ingrid is missing" Kommissar cried.

"Kommissar, how could it be your fault?" Pieter asked, slightly confused.

"Last night I... I told Ingrid that... that I didn't even want her in my house anymore." After letting out the words, Kommissar started crying again, "I feel so bad it's all my fault, I didn't know she'd actually leave, she's right, I totally over reacted." She sniffled and cried between words.

"Kommi, baby, it's okay, let's think logically, where do you think Ingrid could have gone?" Pieter said, patting Kommissar's back trying to calm her down.

"I don't know" Kommissar replied.

"Let's think about it" Pieter urged.

"Maybe she went to a friend's house" Kommissar suggested.

"Good idea."

Because Ingrid had been homeschooled most of her life and so much of her time was dedicated to DSM, Ingrid only had a few friends. Within the span of a half-an-hour, Pieter and Kommissar had called four of Ingrid's closest friends; Nerita, Astrid, Sofia and Britta. Each time Pieter and Kommissar explain the situation to the friends and then asked if they knew anything about Ingrid's where-abouts. All four girls said that they weren't even aware that Ingrid was missing. This caused Kommissar to get worked up once again.

Even though Pieter was started to feel frantic, he knew that he needed to comfort Kommissar, "C'mon, Kommi" he said, "We still have more people we can call."

Pieter and Kommissar proceeded to call Kommissar's parents and every member of DSM, again, no one had information on where Ingrid was.

"That's it! I can't take this!" Kommissar cried, "I'm calling the police!"

"Baby, calm down, I know one more place where Ingrid might be. She might be with Beca's son" Pieter suggested.

"You really think Ingrid would go half way across the world without telling us?" Kommissar asked worriedly.

"Well, it's worth a shot, I have Beca's phone number right here"...