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couldn't find it yet.
    "We don't know," one of the two cops said, a young guy with blond hair and a pockmarked face who looked straight out of the academy. "We were hoping you could tell us what happened here."
    "Mr. Chan, the owner of the cafe, said another man abducted your daughter," the other cop said, a woman in her late twenties. "Is that true, Mr. Edger?"
    Edger never answered them. He was thinking back to when he had been sitting with Kaitlin earlier. Then it hit him, the terrible realisation that came upon him, that he had been drugged. He remembered knowing the man sitting behind him had something to do with it, though Edger had no clue who the man was, or what he wanted with Kaitlin.
    "Mr. Edger," the female cop said. "It would be in your interests to co-operate with us so we can try and locate your daughter for you."
    "How long have I been out?" Edger asked.
    "Less than an hour," one of the paramedics informed him. "We don't know what you were drugged with so I'm not sure what effects you're going to feel. Probably best if you come to the hospital with us, so we can do a thorough examination."
    Edger rubbed at his forehead, barely registering what the paramedic was saying.
    "Mr. Edger, can you think of any reason as to why this incident happened?" the blond cop asked.
    Edger shook his head, still unable to think clearly. "No."
    It was the truth. He didn't know why it happened, although he was starting to think it could have be something to do with him. Someone trying to get at him maybe.
    "Then maybe you can come down the station and give a statement."
    Edger noticed the cop was holding his wallet. "Can I have my wallet back, please?"
    The cop handed the wallet over. "We had to check to see who you were."
    Once Edger had his wallet back, he barged past the two cops and headed for the door.
    "Mr. Edger, where are you going?" the female cop said. She stopped him by grabbing hold of his arm.
    Edger looked down at her. "I'd advise you to let me go."
    The cop let go immediately but she stood her ground. "Mr. Edger, your daughter has obviously been kidnapped. That's a serious crime that we have to investigate. We will require your co-operation, whether you want to give it or not."
    "Are you arresting me?"
    The cop shook her head. "No, Mr. Edger, not right now. But rest assured, the detectives who will be handling this case will arrest you if you refuse to co-operate with them. I would have thought you would want to do all you can to get your daughter back."
    "Rest assured," Edger said. "I will be."
    "You can't just take this matter into your own hands, Mr. Edger," the cop said, but Edger was already out the door and heading for his car.
     
    As he drove towards the city centre, his head still woozy, his stomach turning over, Edger realised he had no idea where he was driving to. More than that, the awful gravity of the situation was just beginning to sink in. He pulled the car over on the Dublin Road outside a Chinese restaurant and sat, gripping the steering wheel hard as he struggled to get a hold of himself. If this was Iraq, or Haiti, or North Africa, or any of the other conflict situations he had been in, he would already be taking steps to deal with what happened. But this was his fucking daughter and for some reason, he didn't know what to do next.
    He punched the steering wheel, unable to believe that he let his own daughter get taken from right under his nose.
    That just shouldn't have fucking happened!
    But it did happen, and all the anger and self-loathing in the world wasn't going to change that. His only option now was to wait on the kidnapper contacting him, which he would at some point. They always did. In the meantime, he would try his best to figure out who would go to such lengths to get his attention, and why.
    But first, he had to do the hardest thing of all.
    He had to let Kaitlin's mother know that her precious daughter had been kidnapped.
    Edger took a deep breath and got himself together, then he