Bad To Worse

"I don't think that woman is going to show up, whoever she is," Dora muttered, her gaze fixed on the horizon outside the window. They'd been waiting for hours, the tension in the room thickening with each passing minute. "She might have already left Petrovia... so that is why she is not worried about all this."

Kael didn't respond immediately, his own thoughts racing as he checked his watch again, growing more impatient with every tick of the second hand. He knew of course this was a possibility but what Dora did not know that none of the airplanes fying out of Petrovia since yesterday were going to their destinations. Every passenger on the airplane was being interrogated using lie stimulators and what not to find the kidnapper. 

So, there was another possibility... that the woman was indeed fearless and was still in Petrovia.

Just then, his phone buzzed sharply, slicing through the stillness. Quickly, he answered, "Yes?"