30 KIDNAPPING As Kayten impersonated him at Seneca High, Dan paced in a small basement, trying to make sense of what had happened. He’d spent overnight in captivity without knowing why. Dan replayed the scene again in his head. He’d stopped at the pull-off to empty his bladder and ditch the joints. The area was quiet, not even sounds of passing cars. Not unusual for Wednesday midafternoon on a road leading to the mountain-and-lake area. Strange that he hadn’t heard the car, though. He emerged from the woods and encountered the two men. When he recognized them as the guys who’d tossed him the vial of crack, his first thought was coincidence. That was stupid. They wouldn’t follow him so far from his usual haunts. Pushing drugs in the vicinity of Seneca High made sense, but not he

