Nick pulled up in front of the home of his best friend, Bri. He has been trying to get ahold of her for three days and it was so unlike her to not return his calls. He had been on tour with his music group, Backstreet Boys, and she had told him to call when he got home from the tour and they would hang out. He called when he got home and got the answering machine. He left a message and got no call back so he called and left another one. He got worried after three days of calling and no reply. He walked up to the door and rang the bell. He used his key and went in.

        “Bri!” Nick called. He checked the whole house and no one was home. He checked for a note and there wasn’t one. He checked her machine and there was messages from him, her folks, and her boss.  She hadn’t been to work in three days and he knew that was so unlike her because she loved her job. He called the guys. He called her folks. He saw her purse and cell phone and keys on the counter. He knew she wouldn’t go anywhere without her stuff. He checked the garage and her car was there. Ten minutes later, Howie and AJ showed up.

        “Nick, what is it,” AJ said.

        “Bri’s missing,” Nick said.

        “Are you sure,” AJ said.

        “She hasn’t answered her phone or called me back in the past three days, her purse, car, cell, keys are here on the counter, messages on the machine from her folks, me, and her boss, she hasn’t been at work the past three days, and you both know how much she loves her job, she wouldn’t miss a day unless she called in,” Nick said.

        “Okay, let’s call the cops, don’t touch anything else so in case someone took her, they can get fingerprints if there is any that isn’t hers or ours or her family,” Howie said. He called the cops. Nick’s cell phone rang. He saw it was his dad.

        “Hey Dad, I’m glad you called, Bri’s missing, her stuff is here, she hasn’t been to work in three days and Howie is on the phone with the cops now, what, where, are you sure, see what you can find out, bye,” Nick said. He hung up.

        “Nick,” AJ said.

        “Dad said my boat is missing and he tracked the GPS to the family compound in Marathon,” Nick said.

        “Maybe it’s Aaron,” AJ said.

        “No, the only people who have keys is me, my dad, and Bri, my dad has his keys, Aaron’s in LA with Angel,” Nick said.

        “But Bri’s keys are here,” AJ said. Nick looked at the keys.

        “The key to the boat is gone,” Nick said.

        “Yeah, officer, we may know something, her best friend’s boat is in Marathon, she has a key to it, his father is heading down there now, okay, thank you,” Howie said. He hung up.

        “They are calling the Marathon PD to have them meet your dad there, let’s go,” Howie said. They called Brian and Kevin and headed down there.