Chapter 53

Narrative P.O.V.

An elbow to the ribcage startled Daniel and he sat up straight in the car seat.

"No time to doze off," Priya said.

He rubbed his eyes and groaned.

"Easy for you to say. You had the whole flight over here to sleep. I had to stay up and get a false warrant made so we could get surveillance footage from the airport."

The phone in his backpack started to ring and he bent down to pick it up.

"Hello?"

"How are things?"

He cleared his throat hearing Cain's voice.

"Things are good," he said.

"We found the cab that she took and we're in it now, heading to the house.

"Any leads at the airport?"

"No," Daniel breathed out.

"The only times we saw her in the surveillance videos were when she was arriving in D.C. There's no evidence that she left."

"There are a million ways out of that city," Cain said.

"It just means that she didn't leave from that airport."

Thanks, chief. That's comforting, Daniel thought.

"How are things there?" He asked.

Cain was silent for a few moments.

"I hav