"Hello?" he said into the phone.
"Hardy, missing someone?" Tonio asked. In the background, you could hear a whimpering.
" Give her back, Tonio! This is between you and me!"
" Come find her. Hurry!" he said before hanging up.
Fenton tried to track down the call, but couldn't.
"Is there any people in the U.S. he could flee to?" asked Fenton.
" His wife lived in Colorado! " exclaimed Frank.
"Colorado it is!"
Just then, Callie ran up to the house.
"Frank, where is she?" she asked.
"He kidnapped her, he's on his way possibly to Colorado."
" Oh my God! We have to get her! Bring our little girl home! "
"We're trying! However, we can't be sure."
"Make your way to Colorado and get our baby!"
The Hardy boys and their father all drove with the rest of the cops to Colorado.
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Tonio drove the van through the outskirts of a town and the temperature drastically changed. In the backseat, Charlotte shivered and tried to find warmth. He looked at her through the mirror.
" Don't worry, girl. You'll love Patricia." he said.
They turned on another hill before stopping by a forest. He opened the door and Charlotte started to run.
Tonio grabbed her arm and pulled her through the short stretch of trees.
" Be nice, or I'll get the gun." he whispered.
They stopped in front of a small house that had a broken window. Tonio knocked on the door and a tall woman opened the door. She had black hair and her lips were a chapped red.
"Oh, this must be Charlotte!" she said.
"Yeah. Patricia, Charlotte."
"Hello, pretty girl! Come inside!" she said, the smell of stale cigarette on her breath.
Patricia took her hand and led her inside. The stale cigarette smell was even worse inside and it made Charlotte cough.
" You'll get used to it. Let me show you where you'll stay."
Charlotte was lead down the hall to the room with the broken window. The room was ice cold and there was a dark stain on the carpet. There was also board covering the closet door.
"When can I go home?" she asked.
"When your daddy gives Tonio what he wants,"
" What does he want?"
"Bail money. If he doesn't get it, then we keep you."
Patricia left and locked the door behind her. She had to escape. How would her father know she was in Colorado in the middle of absolute nowhere?
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That night, they were two hours away from Colorado. An Amber alert had been issued for Charlotte, but no one had seen her. Frank was becoming restless.
"How could someone miss the van?"
"Frank, it's not too hard to-" Joe started.
" They should be searching everywhere for her! He shouldn't have escaped!" Frank yelled.
He immediately put his head in his hands.
"I just want her home,"
"We know, we will find her."
"Boys, they think they found something near Red Ridge forest!" Fenton announced.
The car accelerated and they prayed that they could get her home. Alive.
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Charlotte was wide awake when Patricia came bolting through the door.
"Come on!" she exclaimed as they ran outside and towards a small car.
"What's going on?" Charlotte asked.
Patricia threw a match at the small house and it started to catch on fire. She then hopped into the car and Tonio drove off. Charlotte's hope of getting found seemed to burn with the fire.
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Frank ran along with Joe and they found the small house engulfed in flames. Frank fell to his knees and cursed loudly. They got away. He wasn't quick enough.
" They left not too long ago, they are heading to Oregon it looks like from the drug dealer address. " a cop said.
Everyone got back on the road and started towards Oregon.
