Stockholm

Chapter 4: Name

My boys. We can obviously tell who's who
Ok. I think you guys are gonna be confused and start hating me from here. Enjoy.

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"Have you gotten a hold of Jess" Zane asks as soon as Logan steps out of his car.

Flashing of cameras, dusting for prints, collecting blood samples. The police were present and there were so many of them.

To Clarissa, her life was falling apart in the worst way imaginable.

"That's the thing, she's not there. The door was left open, her... her apartment was turned upside down. I've been calling and each fucking time, it goes to voice mail" he says, his composure breaking.

This was a first for Zane, a first for everyone present. Logan was always composed, the voice of reason even in unruly circumstances. Right now... he as the steady brick wall in the group, was quickly falling apart, gradually becoming unhinged.

Seeing him in this state, sank
Zane's heart. Seeing him like that was gradually eating up the composure he was struggling to maintain for Kate's family. He has to calm him down.

Walking to him he tries to get his attention, tries to get his frantic eyes to look at him.
"Logan... Logan..." It wasn't working. If this continues, a panic attack was sure to ensue. It had been long since he heard his friend had had a panic attack, talk less of witnessing it
"Logan!!!..." Hands clasped on both sides of his face and forehead resting on his, he tries to calm his heavy breathing.

"Listen to me. Deep breaths, Deep slow breaths ok. In. Out. In..." He was gaining his composure back taking in the fresh cool wind as they stood outside.
"Out... We will find them. We'll get them back safely, okay."

"Yeah, I'm... I'm sorry I didn't mean..."
"You have nothing to apologize for, you're fine, we're good"

"Where are the boys, I thought I'd bring them something to snack on while they wait" Turning he is pointed in the direction of an open police vehicle where he could see Clarissa and the boys all wrapped in comfort blankets but from the look on her face she was in a different world.

Zane remains where he is, watching Logan walk up to them and talk. Fitting his hands in his pockets trying to protect them from the cold, he starts to piece together the information he has before a voice stops his train of thought...

"Don't..." comes a gruff voice, he unfortunately knows too well and annoyed he turns to his father.

"Don't get involved, son"

"It's my job to do exactly that. Incase you forgot, the two women kidnapped here are my girlfriend, Kate and Jess. Logan is falling apart"

"Thirty"

"What?!"

"Thirty girls were reported missing in the last 24 hours" The news shocks him to the core, this had to be a joke

"You're joking right, this must be a joke"

"No"

"And you want me to ignore that, not get involved, not help find them!!" At the tone of his voice Jack narrows his eyes before speaking.

"The person we are dealing with is dangerous, I do not want you to get hurt"

"Taking risks is part of the job description. For fucks sake, I'm a detective...!"

"Under me!" That effectively shuts him up.

"As a father, I'm begging my son not to get involved but as your senior, I'm ordering you to stay out of it"