Equipped with this fresh data, Carl and Damon contacted John. At first, he was apprehensive, since the pain of seeing Emily abducted was still fresh in his mind. But he could relate to their tenacity and common loss. He agreed to assist.
John spotted the child with the mother and, with his acute observational skills, drew a crude image of her. There was no denying the similarity to Lily. They had a lead, something to work with as they began their frantic hunt for another possible victim.
They were led by an inquiry into a maze of unsolved cases and dead ends. John was frustrated by the news about the missing child's lack of information. The name, if any, remained a mystery lost to the passage of time.
Weeks passed, and they became more and more frustrated with every dead end. But they
