BLUE - Caitlin Szmerling

THIRTEEN

"Okay, we need to find out the name of the boy that was supposedly born 23 years ago. This can possibly lead to a manhunt and we can find the baby." Detective Davis tells us. "His name is Jamie." Bella glares back at the detective. I sigh, knowing that Bella is probably going to hold a grudge against the detective forever. "We will need to search the database here and at all hospitals within the district to see if we can get a name of the suspect or the suspect's biological mother." I watch Detective Davis explain to the other detectives and police officers. I feel some weight lift a little bit off my shoulders as we get closer to finding out who took Jamie and getting him back.

"I'm so glad you have good decoding skills, I never would've been able to work that out, especially that quickly. That must be a world record." Bella whispers to me. I shrug in response, "I guess all those police and investigation shows actually paid off." I chuckle back to her. She grasps my hand as we continue to listen to the plans of finding Jamie.

"All we know is that the initials are 'P.S.' and that this person is a male, possibly 23 years old and possibly looks like a woman to be able to live in this world, so we will need to keep an eye out for that.

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Back at home, we decided to have a lazy night in, to try and get our minds off of the investigation. However, we weren't able to, instead, I tried to look at every news source I could find and see if I could find the name of the man that was born 23 years ago. I even picked up a few newspapers from a store that was selling ones that were from a while ago, 2080 to be specific. I searched through all of them, and though there were a couple of articles about the boy being born, they didn't give much information.

Just as I was about to give up, I found another article about the boy. I read, only expecting to find little information, but to my surprise, I found something so much better.

BREAKING NEWS: A boy has reportedly been born in a hospital located South of the city. The parents have been identified as Cindy Peters and Annie Peters, with Cindy being the one who gave birth. The boy has reportedly been named as Peyton Smith and has been left at the hospital for someone else to take him, the parents have gone M.I.A. If anyone has information, please contact the police.

Peyton Smith, as in P.S., I found the name of the boy, which means I worked out who took Jamie. My hand is covering my mouth from the shock of realising who had taken my son and that we were one step closer to actually getting him back.

"Babe!" I call out to Bella. She was current;y in the kitchen, cooking dinner for the two of us. "Yeah?" I hear her reply. "I found the name of the guy who took Jamie." She immediately runs into the living room where I was sitting. "Did you actually?" She asks, her voice shaking slightly. I nod in reply, "I at least found the name of the boy who was born 23 years ago and his name matches the initials on the letters. His name is Peyton Smith. I even have his parents' names, but they gave him up and left him at the hospital, so he doesn't have the same last name as them. " I showed her the news article, and she immediately grabbed her phone so that she could call Jo and tell her that we have more information on the kidnapper.

I watched as Bella spoke on the phone, she was pacing around the living room whilst listening to everything Jo was saying. She sighed and then hung up, turning to look at me. "She said thank you for the information, but Detective Davis needs it, not her and that we should call her as soon as possible." I could tell she wasn't happy to hear that news. "How about I call her instead?" I suggest, to which Bella nodded in agreeance. "I think that would be best."

I called Detective Davis' work phone, which she surprisingly answered, considering 10:30 at night. "Hello?" I hear her mumble. "Um, hi, Detective Davis? It's Cassandra Patricks, the woman who's son went missing?" I spoke on the phone. "Oh yes, hi. Sorry about that. Listen if you're calling for an update, we haven't found much evidence yet, however, we are wor-" I interrupted her, "That's the thing, I was searching through some old newspapers and I found the name of the baby boy who was born 23 years ago, as well as the parents' names." I tell her. I hear her murmur to herself, probably wishing she thought to do that. "Okay, well if you could bring in the newspaper article tomorrow morning, that would be great." And then she hung up.

I look up at Bella, who was standing right in front of me. "I have to bring the news article in tomorrow," I tell her. She nods her head and the begins to walk back towards the kitchen. "Dinner will be ready in a few." She calls out.