At the Naval headquarters, the team was working around the clock to find any clues of where Marlick might have taken Jessica. Mike was on his fourth video call with Pearl who seemed to sense that something was not quite right and kept demanding Benny to speak to her Daddy. Mike flashed his daughter with a smile “It’s late now Princess, you need to sleep. Daddy and Mama will be with you in no time” he lied, making a promise he had no idea how to keep. Jessica’s friends exchanged looks, each one glad they were not in Mike’s shoes. “Where’s Mama?” Pearl asked for the fourth time that day. She had never been separated from Jessica this long before. “Mama has boo-boo right now and resting” Mike lied again. He was getting better at lying to his daughter but it killed him inside. How was he
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