Missing

3

Ben sat up on the couch. "I can't take this." He announced.

"She will be found," Vic replied sitting beside him.

"You need to eat Ben and rest."

"How can I eat and rest Andy and I don't know if Miranda has. I don't know if she's okay, is she starving, is she dehydrated, has she been able to sleep. I don't know how much longer I can take this....if my wife is not found by Tuesday I don't know what I'm going to do but it's not going to be good."

"Don't talk like that Warren," Maya replied.

"I'm not mentally sane right now...I snapped at her the morning of this incident. I was cold and she asked me what did I do to hate her. She thinks I hate her and dislike her. She left out of this house not knowing that I love her more than anything in this whole world. I am helplessly in love with her. I would trade places with her right now if I could."

"Ben, Miranda knows how much you love her. Yeah, she knows you had some sort of animosity toward her but that does not erase or overshadow your love for her. Trust me she knows."

He stood up and walked to the back to their bedroom wandering around and just taking in the sights and smells that made up Miranda's life. He was going crazy with fear. It scared the hell out of him to think she may never enter this room again and that he would never see her beautiful smile again. Feeling helpless and dejected he collapsed onto the bed and sat with his head in his hands as tears fell.

He occasionally looked up at their wedding picture before putting his head right back down. 

Miranda pulled her sleeve up and looked at the severely cracked apple watch screen and sighed.

She touched it and her eyes widen when it lit up. She tried to move her fingers across to get to her messages. It was so broken that the touch and reaction weren't functioning. She continued tapping and she looked as her messages popped up all from Ben.

The screen was stuck and she could barely make out what it said. Half of the screen was blacked out.  Pressing her fingers against the screen until it moved she read the last two sentences. You and tough and brave. I love you so so much."

Miranda cried and nodded her head like he could see her.

She looked up at the door opening and immediately put her arm behind her back.

"What are you doing?" Wright asked.

"Nothing." She returned.

Jordan walked over and snatched Miranda's arm and his eyes narrowed in on the watch. "What did you do?" He yelled.

"I didn't do anything it's broken. I promise. The screen doesn't work." Miranda voiced tapping the screen trying to show him.

Jordan roughly grabbed her arm and took her watch off. He threw it to the ground before stomping on it.

Miranda cried as she watched him.

"Why do you insist on leaving me, Miranda?" He asked pulling out his gun as he paced back and forth.

"Jordan please just let me go. It does not have to be like this."

"Miranda I will kill us both before I let you go." He responded waving the gun around.

Shoving the gun into his pocket, he walked over and stood in front of her. He roughly reached out and grabbed her face. His thumb and pointer finger smashed into her chin.

"Tell me that you love me." He instructed.

Miranda looked at him with tears in her eyes but stayed silent. "Tell me that you want to be with me and you love me." He tried again.