Infinity //1D AU ✓

Chapter 8

~Oh, baby, I was there for you,

All I ever wanted was the truth, yeah, yeah~

"This is it, thanks!" Zayn yelled to the cabbie, and pushed Harry out of the car and onto the pavement.

"The ground is wet, idiot." Harry complained.

"Sorry, kid. This is it. Evelyn's house."

"Do you think that Niall will be here?" Harry asked, on guard.

Zayn shook his head. "I don't think so."

"We could be charged with breaking and entering." Harry sighed. "Not if we're careful. I need to put my bounty hunter cap on. Wow, it's been a while. I need to stretch."

"Oh that's right. You were a bounty hunter for a bit." Zayn walked up to the front door, knocking first. "No answer." He replied after waiting for three seconds. "Time to break the window."

"No, you idiot." He stopped Zayn. "Usually there's a spare key." Harry looked under the window panes, under rocks, and finally under the mat. No dice. "Wait. Wait." As a last ditch effort, he flipped the mat over, and it was taped to the underside of it. "Told you."

Harry got the door opened. "Don't touch anything." Zayn reminded him as the pair stepped inside.

"We should look in the trash. For checkbooks. Computers, etc." Zayn went looking for a laptop, and Harry started looking for other proof.

"First of all, why would someone named Evelyn want to kidnap Niall? Wait, wait, wait. What was the name of the guy that Niall broke out of prison?" Zayn looked it up on his phone quickly. "Connor Rodes. They're related." He showed the screen to Harry.

"But why would she want to kidnap Niall?"

"I don't know, but it's all related. Ah, my brain's freaking out. Keep looking." Another minute passed. "There's no laptop. No technology."

"Here. There's some emails under this stack of papers. Looks like it's between her and Niall. They were communicating." Harry started looking through the three pages that were there. "Mostly about her brother's case, and then Niall stopped replying abruptly."

"So she kidnapped him? Or did someone else?"

Harry moved on, looking through the trash cans. "Look for ticket stubs or even a camera."

"I did see a camera." Zayn said, coming back with one.

The pictures showed a house, Niall's, and her staking it out. All pictures with him in them showed him as panicky and paranoid. He knew that she was coming for him. Then, later, pictures of a building. Location unidentifiable. Through more pictures, it becomes a house.

"Found a key." Zayn announced, handing it to Harry.

"What does all of this mean?" Harry said. "We should have enough evidence here, but I can't connect it!" He pouted. "I'm not the smartest kid on the block. And I wasn't the head bounty hunter or anything. I was just muscle for Lou."

"Lou as in Louis?" Zayn asked, confused.

"Louise." Harry corrected him.

"Well, why not call Louise, then?"

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"Lou, no. No. No. That's not necessary." Harry said, trying to backtrack.

"I'll be there soon. Just be there to pick me up. Shannon Airport. Take the evidence you have and I'll take a look at it when me and Lux get there!"

"You're bringing the baby?" Harry asked.

"Yes, Harry. I need a vacation. I'm freshly divorced, and I need relaxation. Plus, Lux can see her favorite uncle." Lou hung up then, and Harry banged his head on the wall nearest him.

"She's coming here." He sighed. Running a hand through his hair, he turned to Zayn. "I cannot believe her nerve. Gather the evidence we have so far, and we'll go back to the hotel."

"We'll have a real professional with us if she comes, Harry. It'll be great. Niall'll be found in no time."

Harry smiled, trying to defuse the tension inside of him. Lou was an expert. This was good.

Maybe it was whatever Louis was up to then, that was bothering him? That sneaky weasel was definitely in deep, but in what?