Chapter 127 - Where are you? (2)

Aiden was holding Sarah's phone. He had to accept the reality that her phone is not with her. How can he find her? Aiden went back to B1S.

He pulled bartender on the side and showed him photo of Sarah on his phone. "Did you see this girl?"

Bartender didn't like how Aiden handled him, but he still looked at the photo and nodded. "Yes, she was with few other girls... there", he pointed toward the tables.

"Did you see her leave?", Aiden asked.

Bartender shook his head, "No." He saw that Aiden's face dropped and decided to help out. "There is two of us at the bar. Maybe Jax saw something, let me call him." He called second bartender.

Aiden showed him the photo, and he confirmed that he saw her.

"Did you see her leave?", Aiden asked Jax.

Jax thought for a second... "Yes. She was quite wasted. The guy practically dragged her out. I remember because he didn't pay his bill, and his mates didn't want to stick out for him, so I chased after them. I caught them just there on the corner.", he showed toward the street, where he stopped Philip. "He even gave me a large tip."

Aiden took a second to process what Jax said. Wasted? Sarah does not drink. Some guy dragged her out? Sarah can kick ass, no one can just drag her out… unless she was drugged. 'I told her to watch over her drink!' Aiden's chest constricted. He felt the need to scream or to break something. But he forced himself to be calm. This is not a time to lose it. He took a deep breath before speaking again. "How did he look like?"

Jax shook his head. "I don't remember..." He paused, while thinking. "Tall, short hair... Nothing more than that. Sorry."

"Do you know at what time they left?", Aiden asked.

"I started my shift at ten, so this was around ten thirty."

Now this was something… finally something he can work with. He knows at what time Sarah left. Aiden looked around, "Do you have security cameras?"

"We have one facing front of the bar, outside. But we don't have access to it, only boss has, and he will be here tomorrow afternoon when we open.", Jax responded.

"Thanks", Aiden didn't ask any more questions, and got out. He called Eve. "Eve, get access to security camera of B1S. I want footage from ten fifteen to ten forty-five. Let me know when you have it."

Eve responded. "You need to be inside the building so that I can access it through your phone."

Aiden walked back into the bar. "Eve, I'm inside. Start getting the footage."

While waiting for Eve to finish copy of the video, Aiden looked at Sarah's phone. He unlocked it and saw last text message 'Start recording from EYI84K.' it was for Eve and it has a time stamp of four minutes after nine, that evening.

Aiden felt that this is related to Sarah disappearance, "Eve, what is EYI84K?"

"Serial number of a microphone", Eve responded.

Aiden's eyes lit up, "Are you still recording?"

"Yes"

Aiden regained hope that he will find a clue that can lead him to Sarah, "Play me the last part which has voice recorded."

There was some rustling sound, then a bang of door closing. Male voice was heard cursing. Female voice asked, "Why are you so mad?"

Male voice: "She escaped! The bitch escaped!"

Female voice: "What do you mean escaped?"

Male voice: "I had her. She was mine... and I looked away for five seconds and she disappeared into thin air!"

Female voice: "No one just disappears... And who are you talking about? Where was this?"

Male voice: "I'm talking about Sarah. She is prime goods, I tell you... It was just outside the bar. Everything was perfect, I got her out, and then she vanished." Some more cursing could be heard.

Female voice: "Stop acting crazy. We will find her."

Male voice: "Find her? Where? I got my guys to look into side alleys two blocks in each direction. She is not there... Now get out and leave me alone, you are annoying!" Some more cursing.

The recording ended. Eve said, "That was last clip with voice. I'm still recording."

Aiden was listening without moving, he didn't even breathe. He recognized male voice; it was Philip. Aiden breathed out, 'She escaped.' Then his face fell, and he looked at Sarah's phone. 'If she didn't lose her phone, I would be with her now.' He found a relief thinking that Sarah escaped from Philip, but there was still a knot in his chest because he didn't know where she is, and if she is OK.

When Eve confirmed that copy is done, Aiden rushed back to the apartment. Sarah is not here. There is no point lingering at the bar. He will review the video from apartment, and from there he can take car, it's faster than running around.

While rushing to the apartment, Aiden thought about everything that he knows. He confirmed that Sarah was at the bar, Philip did something to her, and she escaped. Also, she was not nearby, otherwise Philip would find her. Car will be useful,

...

At a farm thirty miles West of Fairfield, two men are sitting at the small dining table.

"Bro, did you get my equipment?", middle aged man was sitting at the table with a half-finished beer in his hand. Table was almost full of empty beer bottles.

"Yes", another middle-aged man responded as he took a seat at the table and opened a beer. He just got in from outside, and his clothes are wet from rain.

"Where is it?", first man asked.

"In the back of the truck", the wet middle-aged man responded.

"Why didn't you get it in? It's raining."

"I got it here... you get it in if you want. I don't want to get wet more than what I already am."

"Adam, you are a lazy bum!"

"Who is lazy? I got it here, you should be grateful... and it's already wet. What does it matter if it stays out until morning?", wet man called Adam responded.

"Bro, water can damage it... I will get it.", he stepped outside, and came back less than one minutes later. "Bro, you got the equipment and a woman"

"Woman!!? What woman?", Adam was surprised.

"There is one passed out, in the back of the truck", other man tilted his head towards outside.