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Still trying to seek refuge in the
scant sleep he has achieved in the last few hours, Brent
is sure he hears
knocking. It can't be the door -- who would be here this early on New Year's
morning?
But it is the door. He knows this
even as he clutches his pillow more tightly to his head, hoping to retreat
back into sleep. His heavy eyelids pull open, and the blurry red letters
of the alarm clock reveal that it really isn't that early -- 8:13 a.m.
He curses whoever it is at the door as he drags himself from the bed.
He reaches the door and leans against
it for a moment, trying to collect himself, but another series of quick
knocks sounds. Abruptly he pulls the door open.
"Claire,"
he says in surprise.
"Hi. Sorry to drop in like this --
I know it's early--"
He can tell something is wrong. "Don't
worry about it. What's going on?"
"I need your help."
"What? Why?"
"Tim's
missing," she explains hurriedly.
"He never came home last night. I got in this morning--"
"Where were you guys last night?"
he interrupts. "I noticed that you weren't at the party."
"We had something to take care of."
Brent's furrowed brow prompts her to continue. "I found out that Nick
was having a meeting at the pier, so Tim and Andy
went down there to try and
find out something that Andy could use to stop Katherine
from marrying Nick."
"Did they get married?"
"Yeah ... but I guess Andy rushed
out of there to go interrupt the wedding and Tim stayed behind. That was
the last anyone saw of him."
"He's not at his parents'?"
"No. I called Paula
already. She
hadn't seen him at all." She closes her eyes and rubs her forehead. "You've
got to help me find him, Brent."
"I'm on it already," Brent promises,
reaching to the nightstand for the phone. "Listen, you go get some rest.
I'll get to work on this."
"Is there anything I can do?"
"No. Just go rest." He ushers her
back out the door. "I'm sure everything will be fine," he says, closing
the door.
But even as he begins dialing the
phone, the feeling in his stomach is contradicting his words of reassurance.
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