Nobody wanted to believe Blade had vanished because one moment he had been standing beside us discussing evidence and the next his phone rested on the conference table while he was nowhere to be found. The message still glowed on the screen.
Now you know how quickly people disappear.
The room remained silent and Drake looked toward me.
“This doesn’t feel right.” Drake said.
“No.” I nodded.
“There aren’t any signs of a struggle.” Wayne said picking up Blade’s phone carefully.
“And the cameras never captured him leaving.” Casey frowned looking at the monitors.
He clicked through every available angle again. The parking lot, hallway, front entrance, rear entrance. Nothing.
“Show me the hallway again.” I said so Casey replayed the footage and Blade walked toward the conference ro
