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Rio had sleepless nights, he couldn’t close his eyes ever since he met her house in that way and the police told him they suspected kidnap.

He barely ate as he kept thinking of Anita, he tried to draw the lines but he couldn’t find any to connect.

He couldn’t help but hope she was okay and not been tortured by whoever might have taken her.

He had informed his mother and Gracie of her disappearance and what the police had told him.

Gracie had shouted over the phone when he told her Anita had been kidnapped, she had assumed they were both playing games on her.

Hearing him speak with a shaky voice made her rethink everything,they had nothing to gain if it was actually true. She had rushed down to see his house, she had found his mother seated with folded hands on the couch.

His mother had not taken the news of Anita’s kidnapping well. She had rejoiced with them when they settled their differences and announced the plan of getting their own apartment as they wanted their privacy.

She had