Bari, Italy
Day Two
Stryker sat in the rear corner of the Magpie Café. The back of his chair rested against the wall to enable him to watch the door and his laptop was open to Zoe’s video. Sam had sent the vid to him before she headed out to see what she could learn at the police station.
They had still received no ransom demand, and nothing from a competitor. And yet, if it was a foreign power, why would they have taken the other women and the children? None of it made sense. Top it off with the fact that Ace was unable to find a home location for the bartender who had served Angie, and Stryker was about ready to jump out of his skin with worry.
He pressed play and watched the video again. Harper was wearing her favorite jeans, the ones with the embroidered cat faces on the knees, and
