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By:K.L. Phelps


His face went white.

Doris was still screaming into the phone.

"Doris, shut the hell up," he snapped into the phone. "What happened to Jason?"

"He's gone. She took him. What am I going to do?"

He didn't need to ask who 'she' was. Damn, he'd known something wasn't right. What the hell was Julie doing? Was this all part of the plan? Of course it was. The entire thing was probably her idea. Julie had run off with Jason. Doris had just killed someone during their escape and then the dumb bitch had called him. She had called him on his cellphone. What was she thinking? If the police had anyone half as smart as Jimmy they would be able to track him.

"Son of a bitch," he swore into the phone.

"What am I going to do Mr. Kroft?"

Cameron laughed into the phone.

"Mr. Kroft, please you need to help me. Tell me what to do."

"Well Doris, I guess you should prepare to rot in jail for a very long time." He ended the connection and threw his phone down. It shattered, pieces of glass and plastic flying everywhere. He picked up the major pieces out of the wreckage and than ran for the parking area.

Locked in her office, Doris blinked at the dead phone receiver in her hand.





CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE



They walked slowly down the stairs. When they got to the exit Paige pulled Nathan to a stop.

"How are we supposed to find him?"

"I am not entirely certain. I am sure the university's website has an alumni section, but I have a feeling that you need to be registered and somehow I doubt you are."

She nodded and had to agree that he was probably right.

"Do you remember where he was from? The names of his parents?"

Paige looked down at her feet and shook her head.

"Do I remember? Do I? Did I ever know him? How could I have?"

She leaned into him and he wrapped his arms around her.

"I know this is scary. It makes no sense to me either. But your memories and my wife's were the same. It stands to reason they are the same as..."

"As what? The real Paige?"

She looked up into his eyes, begging for comfort.

"Listen. You are real. My wife was real. I may not know what exactly is happening, but I am certain of those two facts."

She hugged him tight. "He was...he was from a small town in Michigan. Oscoda, I think."

"Okay, we have a starting point. Come on."

They slipped out of the building and headed for the car.

"Where to?"

"First we find his parents," Nathan said as he reached into the backseat and grabbed his laptop bag. He pulled his computer out and booted it up. Nathan waited as his computer found and connected to the college's Wi-Fi and then a few minutes later he was connecting to the internet. "Okay lets see. Oscoda, Michigan. What was his dad's name?"

"Daniel Perry."

"No, his dad."

"Same name. Daniel, was actually Daniel junior."

He clicked a few keys and then nodded. "Okay here we go."

"You found him? That quick?"

"The internet is scary, isn't it. I don't know if I found him or not, but I found a Daniel Perry. Let's find out if this is the right one." He pulled out his phone and swore.

"What's wrong?"

He dug around in his bag for a minute and then pulled out a cord.

"Dead battery." He clipped one end of the charger to his phone and slipped the other end into the power adapter of the car. A few moments later he was dialing the number from the computer.

"Hello," a soft female voice answered the phone.

"Mrs. Perry?"

"Yes, can I help you?"

"I hope so. I am hoping that you are the right Mrs. Perry. I think I went to college with your son Daniel. I was hoping you might be able to help me get in touch with him."

"You went to school with Danny? How nice."

"Do you think you could tell me how to get in touch with him?"

"Sure. He's still in Rhode Island. Just give me a minute and I'll get you his info. I'm horrible with numbers."

After a few moments, Mrs. Perry gave Nathan the information and he repeated it. Paige nodded her head and typed the information into the notepad program on the computer and then gave him the thumbs up signal.

"Thank you Mrs. Perry and I will definitely give your love to Daniel."

He hung up the phone and looked over at Paige.

"Do you know where that is?"

"Yes. Well no, but I can find it. I actually think its fairly close to where we ate lunch yesterday. Do we really need to go see him?"

"Paige I don't think this is something to do over the phone. Hell, I wouldn't even know how to do it over the phone."

"You know how to do it in person?"

Nathan frowned. "Well, no."

Paige smiled, but it was forced