The referee

The hunt

*Leah's POV*

After making the discovery on Camden's phone I filled my mum in on what I had found, she had to stop me from leaving the house. My legs growing tired of waiting around and not doing nothing. I felt helpless, Cam was out there and I didn't know what state she was in, was she hurt or maybe scared and alone. She showed nothing but strength at the flat, I knew she wouldn't give up easy.

The police arrived 10 mins after Amanda had called them, once again the story was told to them, each word bringing more heartache as it was repeated over and over again, I knew I had to show them the phone but I knew the minute I did they would take it. Which is why I didn't show them straight away. See I didn't know if Jess would believe what I would tell her once she arrived but I knew if she read her own sisters words she wouldn't doubt it

My mum was busy making cups of tea for everyone that were here. Tea apparently solves everything in her mind but I know it's just her way of keeping busy and involved

Suddenly the door bell goes...the police officers looked at me...this must be Jess, I took a deep breath as I got up and headed towards the door revealing the older sister

"Where is she then" Jess said clearly overlooking the police car parked outside

"Come in and I'll explain" I say barely keeping eye contact, the world on my shoulders weighing heavy, Jess just nods as she enters the house as I follow, I almost walk into the back of her as she soon notices the police in the living room

"What's going on...where's Camden Leah" the panic evident as she looks around the room

"He took her" I say

"Who! Who's he, can we cut the bullshit and stop talking in riddles!"

"Her dad...your dad" I explain

"What?! Is this some sort of sick joke! He wouldn't do that! Why would he" Jess is frantically waving her hands around

"Look Jess just sit down, he's been sending her threatening messages...apparently it wasn't the first time...he came to her flat, she gave me her phone...it's..it's all in there look in the notes" I say while handing her the phone, I watch as she looks to my hand and takes the phone from my grasp, within seconds she's looking through the phone...emotions spilling from her eyes

"He did all this?" She questions as I just nod

"We will have to confiscate that phone, it could be a potential lead and evidence, im sorry" the officer says as Jess hands the phone over, the other officer radioing the potential leads to other officers to check out

"We will find her Jess" I say

"You don't know that!" She shouts as she breaks down onto the floor

"It's my job to protect her and all this time she's been protecting me...she's been in the hands of that monster!" Jess screams

"We can't change any of that but what we can do is do right by her, I'm sure you can't sit here just as much as I can't...so why don't we go to some of the places she mentioned" I suggest

"I don't know if you've hit your head or something but the police have all that" Jess says

"I wrote the places down" I whisper to Jess making sure the police couldn't hear me

"Then what are we waiting for" she says as we both quickly head towards the door as I grab my car keys from the hanger

"Leah where do you think you're..." I cut my mother off by closing the door, I know she won't be happy about this but I can't sit around anymore not doing anything...I have to find her

                                         -x-

The car rides were silent, neither me or Jess knew what to say...I mean what could we say, we were both filled with our own turmoil, I know Jess was feeling it the most I mean this was her flesh and blood but I was just beginning to get somewhere with Camden, I had bottled my feelings for her for so long, I had hid behind this fake facade of pretending to hate her when the truth couldn't be further from that. I didn't even get to fully tell her how I felt and that thought alone makes me sick to my stomach. What if I never get to tell her...

I begin to continuously tap my fingers against the steering wheel..anything to stop the tears that are threatening to spill from my eyes

"You shouldn't bottle it up" Jess whispers

"What" I question

"Your emotions...I know you care about her, I had seen how you two were at the party...how you were outside" she says

"Oh...I didn't think anyone had seen us" I explain while looking at the older sister

"Me and Katie made a bet on how long it would take for you two to finally get together and stop the whole 'hating' bravado" Jess let's put a little chuckle at the memories of the party

"Yeah well I guess we are both stubborn" I joke back

"Just promise me when we find her, you'll finally tell her" she says while letting a small smile show

"I promise" I say as we pull up at a location to look for Camden...

                                      -x-

We had been going from place to place searching each spot for any sign of Camden...each places having patrolling officers on the look out too but she wasn't in any of them, what if she wasn't at any of them...what if he took her completely somewhere new...that thought scared me more than anything cause then I know we would have no way of finding her. It would be like finding a needle in a haystack. There were only two places left on her list that she could be...her dad's old house or her grandads....