Ab hum uske hotel k bahar the,aur main ye mauka jane nahi dena chahta tha,maine usse pucha room pe aa jao kya,usne pucha kya irada h.Maine kaha thand ...ahut ho gayi h coffee pite h,Usne kaha chalo,vaise b mere liye hotel anjaan h aur raat ko 3 baje akele hotel mei ghusne mei dar b lag raha h.Hum dono room mei gaye aur coffee k liye prder kiya par receptionist ne itna late coffee dene se mana kar diya fir Rati ne complementary segment se apne aap Tea bana li aur mujhe tea dekar kapde change karne. Maine kai baar gaadi chalate hue usse shaant karne ke bhahane uske jaangho ko chu kar sehla diya par isse aage baat nahi badhayi kyunki mujhe pata tha sonam ek sidhi ladki hai aur usko ye sab pasand nahi aayega.Yehi silsila continued raha fir ek din usne apne bf ko breakup de diya, fir bhi sonam.Mujh mein “Waisa” intrest nahi dikhati thi jaise ki mujhe khwahish thi.Lekin wo raat aa hi gayi jiska mujhe mahino se intezzar tha. Office walo ne ek open garden mein party rakhi thi raat ke samay.Hum. Did you have fun?”“So much!” she giggled again, and turned to the stairs to go up to her bathroom. Jim went to the couch and sat down to catch the late news. As he did, his cell phone started to buzz in his pocket. “Big surprise,” he muttered, seeing Rachel’s office number. She would be doing her normal “sorry I can’t come home” spiel. Why did she even bother calling anymore? He wondered. “Hello?” he said into the phone. “Jim, I won’t be home tonight, maybe not even until Monday. The firm. A chill went up his spine. No...He looked up. The boxes that had been stored at the top of his bedroom closet were gone. The book was in one of those!Gone...he sat on the bed and held his head, shaking.---Today...Detective Sergeant Dianna Shepherd was going through the criminal records of the missing people she had been assigned to find. Abe Sorensen, the third reported missing person, had had a break-in a few weeks prior to going missing. Was it related?---I sat there, on my new couch, the tip.