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Will you be home for dinner?

I had a late lunch.

I'll be home when I'm home, Mom. Please.

Okay, Ms. Cryptic. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to push.

I just had a rough day at work.

I need to decompress a little.

Start without me.

You're coming, right?

Sure, Mom. I'll be home in half an hour or so.

That's my girl.

I love you. Drive safe.

I love you, too.

The hell?

Go around, jerk.

Damn it!

Son of a bitch!

- Velma, what's up? - Morning.

-Did I wake you? -No.

Well, I've got a job a couple hours from you.

Willow Creek, Michigan.

Riley Adams, 26 years old.

Was driving home from work last night and vanished.

-Police? -Yes, but less than 24 hours and no signs of foul play.

Who posted the reward?

Her mother, Susanna's offering $15,000.

All right. Send me the details.

You spoke to your daughter on her way home.

- When was that? - Uh, about 7:00, I think.

She said she was a half an hour away.

Any chance she changed plans?

- Stopped at a bar, met friends? - -No.

I called and I called and it went straight to voicemail.

I even called her friend, Cheryl.

They work together. She hasn't heard anything.

She doesn't do this. Something is wrong.

Anything, uh... out of the ordinary?

Unusual behavior from her?

Yes. She doesn't want to talk about it.

She says that I hover, so I've been trying to give her space.

Okay. How so?

Well, she's been, uh, sort of readjusting ever since she moved back home

-a few months ago, -From New York?

Yes.

Yeah, she moved there right after high school

and she signed with a big modeling agency.

She was even in Cosmo twice.

So yeah, she could have really gone somewhere as a model.

Why'd she move back?

I wish I knew.

I shouldn't have been so hard on her

and I should have hidden my disappointment.

She keeps everything from me

-and that's... that's on me. -Hmm.

Maybe she's walking away from something? A bad relationship?

Maybe. I got the sense that something bad happened in New York.

I hope that doesn't have anything to do with her missing?

I'm gonna find out.

You contacted the police?

Of course. Yes, I called them right away.

But we don't even have our own police force anymore.

It's a tourist town, you know.

We're filled in the summer, we're dead in the winter.

And then COVID hit and businesses shuttered and people moved away.

Population declined and we're under

the jurisdiction of the County Sheriff's Department

and they are spread so thin.

- And I just need to know where my daughter is. - -I understand.

In situations like this, there's...

No sign of foul play, no sign of her car.

- Often people just come back after a few days. - -I understand.

But that is not what happened here.

I know my daughter.

Girls like that, they...

they don't turn back up...

Okay.

Okay, I'm gonna help you.

We need to stay positive now.

We jump to conclusions, it doesn't help your daughter.

Do you know the name of the road she was on?

Old Highway 17.

It's the same road she goes home from work on every single night.

I already drove up but...

I didn't see anything.

Okay, I'm gonna head there now.

And see if I can find anything, okay?

Thanks.

-Colter? -Yeah.

Pleased to find my daughter.

Riley's is all I have.

I'll do everything I can.

Morning.

-Colter Shaw, right? -That's me.

As described. Riley's mom called.

She's a wreck.

I've been searching the area.

Uh, Detective Katie Douglas.

Nice to meet you.

I grew up a few blocks from the Adams.

My little sister was in Riley's girl crew.

So I understand that, uh, Susanna had Riley in pageants

and modeling early on?

Yep. Right out of the crib.

Sins of the parent and all that, I guess.

My dad was a cop,

so it was this or the Navy for me.

And I hate the water.

Yeah, everyone's scared of something.

For me, it was always chickens.

Can't stand 'em.

First time hearing that, but okay.

What are you looking for?

Trying to find the spot she went missing.

Work backwards from there.

I checked the cams at the gas station down the road.

She didn't pass by there.

Run a phone trace?

Yeah, her phone's been off since last night. No ping.

We can assume that something happened between here and her work.

What's this?

Oh, here we go.

What have we got?

That matches her car.

Does it?

Okay.

Maybe an accident?

Where's the car?

Maybe she, uh...

got the car towed and caught a ride?

Her phone wouldn't be off if that happened.

I agree.

There's only one set of brake marks, right?

If there was an accident, there'd be two sets.

I think maybe someone ran her off the road on purpose.

- Why? - -Maybe she was targeted?

Forced her to stop, took her.

I'll put out an APB on a possible kidnapping, set up a search grid.

I'll talk to people at her work.

-Hey, keep me posted. -Yeah, will do.

Excuse me.

Hi. Cheryl, right?

My name's Colter. I'm here about a coworker of yours, Riley Adams.

Please tell me you found her.

Her mom called me last night. I haven't been able to get a hold of her.

Unfortunately, no. Susanna mentioned that you and Riley were friends.

Best friends since the second grade. We grew up together.

It's been nice having her back.

What do you think happened?

I think she was taken.

What do you wanna tell me?

It's just Riley's so pretty. I've seen the way men look at her.

Got it. Did she mention anything strange happened yesterday?

I wasn't here last night.

Okay.

She have a workstation?

Just work lockers.

-Can I take a look? Thank you. -Yeah, totally.

-Here it is. -May I?

Okay.

- What's that? - Looks like a...

...a letter.

"Don't hate me, Riley. You exist inside me. In my bones...

I watch you when you sleep,

when you work, anywhere you are... My heart burns there, too..."

- Oh, that's creepy as hell. - Yeah.

Riley ever mention a stalker?

Nothing specific, but she did still have

a lot of weird fans from her modeling days.

I think she kind of got used to it.

Who was working yesterday?

Todd was.

Look, I don't want to cause any problems,

-but he had some drama with Riley the other day. -About what?

She didn't say.

Is Todd here?

-Yeah, this way. -All right.

Todd? How you doing? Colter Shaw.

I'm looking for Riley. I understand you two had a beef recently.

Cheryl tell you that?

It was nothing.

Well, I found this with her stuff.

Looks like she had a stalker.

You think that was me?

- I've never seen that. - Okay.

Do you mind telling me what you two were into it about?

Actually, I was looking out for her.

Looking out for her?

There was a guy here a few days ago, he talked to Riley

and she looked freaked out.

So, I stepped to him, but Riley gets pissed at me.

- She know the guy? - Seemed that way.

All right.

You got a description?

He was tall, brown hair, stubble.

-That's pretty much it. -Okay.

Did she tell you anything?

Yeah, but she said it was a customer.

You're not buying that?

No Not the vibe I got.

But Riley gets a lot of attention from guys. So, I let it go.

You see what kind of car he was driving?