Conflicted (Buddie) ENGLISH VERSION

There's someone inside

Maddie had her dose of problems for so long that the year finally went well for her had decided to pursue her brother. Buckleys were tragedy magnets. After being kidnapped by her husband who beat her and injured her in the middle of the forest in the winter, she was finally able to get out of this hellish spiral by ending this flight.

Maddie had killed her husband to save his life, Evan had killed a stranger to save a stranger. He had killed a man to save his life. They were the family of murderers.

At least that's what he persisted in believing, thinking that getting guilty would help him.

Since everything had gone well for him and Eddie during their first two years in Los Angeles, fate had to be fierce on them in such a short time.

Shannon.

The pit collapsed.

The truck overturned.

The tsunami.

Disappearance.

Addiction..

Threat letters.

Christopher's kidnapping.

When patrol car 727L30 parked awkwardly on the side of the sidewalk, the two occupants quickly got out of it and rushed to the house. They didn't have time to knock, they were opened immediately.

-They took it from me! He panics by letting them in.

Athena passed her eyes over the entire room, her assailing gaze passing over every detail. Bobby approached his friend and stared at him, worried.

-What happened Eddie? Where is Christopher?

The firefighter made circles by tearing off his hair, his forehead shiny with sweat.

-I... I don't know, he was in his room and... They took it! They took my boy! He exclaimed by making great frantic gestures.

Athena slammed her tongue against her palate and approached, placing both her hands on her shoulders and staring at the eyes of the father in distress.

-I'm going to need you to regain great inspiration and calm down. Tell me everything you know in every detail.

He sat on the sofa and took his head in his hands.

-I heard a noise in the living room. I woke up and went to see, I found the broken frame on the floor. I even think I cut myself while walking on it.

-What photo was it? She asked, taking a look at the front door.

Eddie raised his perplexed head, he did not understand the interest she could have in this detail. He got up and crossed the kitchen before bending over and coming back to them.

-This one, he showed him the photograph of him, his son and his best friend.

She made a skeptical pout and cast a common look with her husband. He nodded and got up before going out, his phone in hand.

-Then? Regained Athena, who had noted everything on a small notepad concisely.

-In the kitchen, I found a word, he said, getting up and walking quickly to the counter. It's stuck in right at Christopher's first name, that's where I understood.

-Did you touch something or move something unusual??

-I didn't touch anything outside the frame and the photo, he said clearly.

« So much the better, » she noticed, closing her notepad.

At the same time Bobby entered the living room and nodded affirmatively. Athena made a suspicious little grimace.

-Take a few things to change and sleep if necessary, you will have to leave your house, from now on it's a crime scene.

-What crime? Burglary, break-in, destruction of personal property...

-The kidnapping of your son Eddie is my priority and it will be the priority of the whole team that will work on the disappearance of your son. I promise.

Eddie nodded convinced.

-I don't need to take stuff, I'm going to ask Buck to host me.

-Talking about Buck, Bobby continued, approaching them, he joins us at the post.

Eddie arched an eyebrow.

-Why? What does he have to do with that?

-The photo Eddie. It's because of the photo.

-What is the picture? What's with the photo?

-An abductor would not have fun breaking any object at random. He took your son and asked you to be wary of a friend. The broken photo is the one where you are, Christopher and Buck together. It's no coincidence. There's something going on and it concerns you both now.

-Now? Because before that wasn't the case?

Athena and Bobby exchanged a look as they advanced towards the car.

-This is not the first letter, Buck has already received two.