As person after person in his large search team reported back the same bad news, Damien’s frustration grew. He’d called on a lot of people, and pulled a lot of strings to get this large search team together so fast. To do all that and still find nothing, not even a whisper of a sighting, was hard to accept.
Recalling the search team, he waited until everyone was assembled back by the front of the mall.
“No one saw anything? Anything at all?” he asked.
The silent head shakes he got in response left him running his hand through his hair in frustration.
“Was there anything unusual at least?” He turned to the people he’d assigned to inspect vehicles leaving the parking garage. “Did anything strange happen during the inspections?”
“No, sir,” replied the young man Damien had named as head
