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I just want to know if you're gonna be home for dinner.

I had a late lunch at work.

I'll be home when I'm home, mom. Please?

Okay, miss cryptic, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to push.

I just had a rough day at work.

I need to decompress a little.

Start without me.

- But you're coming, right? - Sure,

mom, I'll be home in half an hour or so.

That's my girl.

I love you.

Drive safe.

Love you too.

The hell?

Go around, jerk.

Damn it.

Son of a bitch!

Velma, what's up?

Morning, colter. Did I wake you?

No.

Well, I got a job a couple hours from you.

Willow creek, Michigan.

Riley Adams, 26 years old.

Was driving home from work last night

and vanished. Police?

Yes, but less than 24 hours and no signs of foul play.

Who posted the reward?

Her mother Susanna's offering $15,000.

All right. Send me the details.

You said you spoke to your daughter on her way home

from work. When was that?

About 7:00, I think.

She said she was a half hour away. Any chance

that she just changed her plans, maybe she stopped off at a bar,

met up with some friends? No.

I called and I called

and it went straight to voicemail.

I even called her friend Cheryl.

They work together, and she hasn't

heard from her, either.

She doesn't do this.

I'm telling you, something is wrong.

Anything...

Out of the ordinary, unusual behavior from her recently?

Yes. I can tell she doesn't want to talk about it.

She says that I hover, so I've been

trying to give her space.

Okay, how so? Well, she's been, sort of readjusting

ever since she moved back home

a few months ago. She moved back from New York?

Yes.

Yeah, she moved there right after high school

and she signed with a big modeling agency.

She was even in cosmo twice.

So, yeah, she could have

really gone somewhere as a model.

So why'd she move back?

I wish I knew.

I shouldn't have been so hard on her when she came back.

And I should have hidden my disappointment.

Now she keeps everything from me.

And that's... That's on me.

Maybe she's walking away from something.

Could be, could be a bad relationship?

Maybe. I-I got the sense that something bad happened

in New York.

I hope that doesn't have anything

to do with why she's missing.

Well, I'm gonna find out.

You said you contacted the police, right?

Of course. Yes, I called them right away.

But we-we don't even have our own police force anymore.

It's... it's a tourist town, you know?

We're filled in the summer, we're dead in winter and...

And then covid hit and... Businesses shuttered

and people moved away, the population declined.

And now we're under the jurisdiction

of the county sheriff's department and they're

spread so thin and

I just need to know where my daughter is.

I understand.

Situations like this, there's...

There's no sign of foul play, there's no sign of her car.

A lot of times these people just come back on their own

after a couple of days. I understand that.

But I have to tell you that is not what happened here.

I know my daughter.

Girls like that... they-they...

They don't turn back up Ali... Okay.

Okay. I'm gonna help you.

We need to stay positive right now.

We start jumping to conclusions,

that doesn't help your daughter, you understand?

Do you know the name of the road she was on

last time you spoke to her?

Old highway 17. It's the same road

she goes home from work on every single night,

and I already drove up and down it.

I didn't see anything.

Okay.

I'm gonna head there now, take a look

and see if we find anything, okay?

Thanks.

Colter. Yeah?

Please find my daughter.

Riley's all I have.

I'll do everything I can.

Morning.

Colter Shaw, right?

That's me.

As described.

Riley's mom called.

She's a wreck.

I've been searching the area.

Detective Katie Douglas.

Nice to meet you.

I grew up a few blocks from the Adams.

My little sister was in Riley's girl crew.

So I understand that, Susanna had Riley

in pageants and modeling early on.

Is that true? Yep.

Right out of the crib.

Sins of the parent and all that, I guess.

My dad was a cop, so... It was this or the Navy for me,

and I pretty much hate the water.

Yeah. Everyone's scared of something.

For me, it was always chickens.

Can't stand 'em.

First time hearing that, but okay.

I've canvassed this area. What are you looking for?

Well, I'm trying to find the exact spot she went missing.

Figure I'd work backwards from there.

Well, I checked the surveillance cams at the gas station

down the road. She didn't pass by there.

You run a phone trace? Yeah, but her phone's been offline

since last night. No location ping. Well, we can assume

something happened between here

and her work, then, right?

What's this?

Well, here we go.

What we got?

Yeah, that matches her car.

Does it?

Okay.

Maybe she got in an accident.

Where the hell's the car?

Maybe she, got the car towed to a body shop and caught

and caught a ride? I don't think

her phone would be off if that's what happened.

I agree with that.

Check this out. There's only one set of brake marks.

Right?

If it was an accident, there'd be two sets, right, two cars?

I think maybe someone ran her off the road on purpose.

Why would they do that?

Maybe she was targeted.

Forced her to stop, they took her.

I'll put out an apb on a possible kidnapping.

Set up a search grid.

I'll talk to people at her work, see if they know anything.

Hey, keep me posted.

Yeah, will do.

Excuse me.

Hi. Cheryl, right? My name's colter.

I'm here about a coworker of yours, Riley Adams.

Please tell me you found her.

Her mom called me last night looking for her.

I haven't been able to get a hold of her, either.

Unfortunately, no.

Susanna mentioned that you and Riley were friends.

Best friends since the second grade.

We grew up together.

It's been nice having her back.

What do you think could have happened to her?

I think someone might've taken her.

What do you want to tell me?

It's just... Riley's so pretty.

I've seen the way men look at her.

Got it. Did she mention

anything strange happen yesterday, anything at all?

I wasn't working last night.

Okay.

Does she have a workstation here?

Just work lockers.

You mind if I take a look?

Yeah, totally. Thank you.

Here it is. May I?

Okay.

What's that?

Looks like a

letter.

"Don't hate me, Riley.

"You exist inside me, in my bones.

"I watch you when you sleep,

"when you work, anywhere you are,

my heart burns there, too."

That's creepy as hell.

Riley even mention anything to you about a stalker?

Nothing specific.

But she did still have a lot of weird fans

from her modeling days.

I think she kind of got used to it.

Who was working yesterday?

Todd was.

Look, I don't want to cause any problems,

but he had some drama with Riley

the other day. About what?

She wouldn't talk about it.

Is Todd here?

Yeah, this way. All right.

Todd.

How you doing? Colter Shaw.

I'm looking for Riley Adams. I understand you two might've

had a beef recently? Cheryl tell you that?

It was nothing. Well... I found this with her stuff.

Sure looks like she had a stalker, doesn't it?

You think that was me?

I've never seen that before. Okay.

Do you mind telling me what you two were into it about?

Okay, actually, I was looking out for her.

How were you looking out for her? There was a guy here

a few days ago, he talked to Riley.

She looked pretty freaked out, so I stepped to him.

But Riley gets pissed at me.

She know the guy?

Sure seemed that way. All right.

You got a description?

He was tall, brown hair, s-stubble.

That's pretty much it. Okay.

Did she tell you what that was about? Yeah,

but all she said was it was a customer.

You're not buying that though, are you?

No. No, not the vibe I got.

But, you know, Riley gets a lot

of attention from guys, so I let it go.

What about his car, you see what kind of car he was driving?

Yeah, yeah, I saw him pull up.

Black Jaguar. New York plates.

Guy was a real douche.

Tossed his coffee cup in the weeding bucket like an animal.

I mean, who does that?

Did you pick it up?

Coffee cup? Yeah, I threw it

in the recycling like a normal human. Why?

Good man. Well, I was just wondering if it's still here.

Should be.

Pickup hasn't come yet this week.

This the one?

Chalet 25?

What is that? Is that a coffee shop?

It's a fancy boutique hotel just outside of town.

Exactly the kind of place a litterbug would stay.

Yo.

Hey, Bobby.

Try again. Randy.

Look who's back from Reno.

Bro, what are you doing at my desk?

I'm ju... You got a desk right here.

What are you... It's colter.

Excuse me.

Hold on, man, putting you on speaker.

Meany.

Sorry about that, c.

Business has been booming, so you got a tag team.

Yeah, we're still working out the kinks.

But it's all good, we got you.

All right, I love it.

Listen, I need you to run a plate for me.

It's New York, dtt p549.

All right, I got you.

Just give me a sec.

Black jag, right?

That's the one. That belongs to a Vincent Rourke.

You got anything on him?

One sec.

Okay.

Former bouncer, former boxer.

And now, apparently, he owns

the new hottest club in New York City.

Any connect with Riley?

So what, you think he went all unhinged,

and started crushin' on her?

Well, I think anything's possible.

I'm checking his call logs and... Ooh, yeah.

He was all over her, I'm talking dozens of calls a day,

all week. She didn't answer a single one.

Riley's mom said

she might have run into some trouble in New York.

Maybe this guy's connected to it.

Well, says he's married with two kids.

But it's not like that ever stopped any dude ever

in the history of ever.

So, what, he just shows up to Michigan?

That's sus already.

Let you know what I dig up.

Thank you.

Excuse me, can I help you?

Yeah, think so, I got a call about an insurance claim.

Okay. I'm-I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Well, it's, one of your guests. Vincent Rourke?

Someone damaged his vehicle.

Man, don't even... I got nothing to do with that.

That wasn't me. No, I believe that.

It's just I got to fill out all this necessary paperwork.

And, someone's name has to go on it.

Why don't we get your manager?

Yeah? We'll get the hotel manager.

We'll put his name on it. Yeah, do that.

Okay. Can you take me to him?

Sure. He's in his office.

Um, yeah, yeah, follow me.

Yeah, you know what, I got to

I got to take photos of this car.

So, why don't you go get him and I'll

I'll meet you in there, okay? Yeah, okay.

All right, thank you, I appreciate all your help

on the matter.

Excuse me, sir?

I understand you're having an issue with a guest vehicle?

I, um... You know what, there... I... There was.

I'm gonna... Let me make a quick phone call

and, I'll be right back, okay?

These guys love to put on a show

and they'll go toe-to-toe all day.

Where is she? Get the hell off me!

What'd you do with Riley? The hell you talking about?

She's been gone since yesterday. Where is she?

Nah, man.

I would never hurt Riley.

I'm the father of her baby.

What baby?

Riley's five months pregnant.

Riley could be in real danger. If you know where she is,

you should let me know. I didn't do anything to her.

I didn't even know she was pregnant until last week.

Keep talking.

Riley was a regular at my club.

She'd post on her socials and help promote.

That's how we met. And I know

how it looks, but I'm-I'm trying to look after her.

I'm guessing your wife doesn't know about any of this.

Now, I know Riley wasn't answering any

of your phone calls. Maybe you decided to

take matters into your own hands?

Handle this problem on your own?

Absolutely not. I cared about Riley.

She was struggling, going back and forth

on whether to keep it. Said she didn't

want anything from me, but she wanted me to know.

And that's why you came here?

I wanted her to know I was here for her.

Financially, at least.

I set her up with a bank account for the child.

Told her I'd cover all her expenses.

Tell me about your car.

The damage doesn't look like

something that happened from a collision.

It happened while it was parked out front.

Two nights ago.

Security said some lunatic in a ski mask took a crowbar to it.

And you didn't call the police because

you didn't want your family to know you were here.

That right? Yeah.

And when you broke in my room,

I thought you were the guy who busted up my car.

Sorry.

When you and Riley were talking, did she mention

anything to you, anything at all about a stalker?

No.

You think someone was stalking her?

I think maybe.

I found a letter. It's pretty intense.

Someone's obviously obsessed with her.

I'm thinking if someone was following her,

they see you, they feel threatened and...

Maybe this person messed up your car.

I don't care about the car.

I just care that she gets home safe. Yeah.

Is there a problem here, Mr. Rourke?

It's okay. He's with me.

I thought he was with the insurance company.

I'm actually looking for a missing woman.

I would love to look at the security footage

from your parking lot.

Well, I'm sorry, but we have the privacy

of our guests to worry about.

And I understand that, but...

The person who damaged his car

could be a connection with this woman, so please.

Well, that sounds like a job for the police.

So unless you have a badge to show me or a warrant,

we're done here.

I don't have time for this.

Thank you very much.

Did you know Riley was pregnant?

I-I... no.

I had no idea.

How far along is she?

About five months.

Which explains why she moved back home from New York.

Man, I was so hard on her for coming back.

That's why she kept this a secret from me.

Well, she was under a lot of pressure.

The baby's dad came to town.

He wanted to do the right thing. Or he's...

The one who has something to do with why she went missing.

We don't think so.

We believe she's being targeted by a stalker.

He smashed up the father's car, which makes us think

- he knew about the pregnancy. - Who is this?

We're working on that.

And where is Riley?

We're still looking.

Any strange cars in the neighborhood? Any,

any weird phone calls you can think of?

Strange men in the neighborhood?

No, nothing.

Okay. Let us know if you think of anything at all.

Even if it's small, it could help.

And we'll let you know the minute we find anything.

Okay.

Thanks, Katie.

Of course.

Okay.

It breaks my heart.

I've known Susanna since I was a little girl.

Why would someone do this to Riley?

Lot of bad people in the world. You know that.

I know.

Never makes it any easier to get used to, though.

This is from the hotel.

My guys just sent it over.

That's weird.

You thinking what I'm thinking?

Yeah, that's not a man.

Look at that.

Look at the nail Polish.

That's Cheryl.

You think the stalker's Cheryl?

Maybe she got jealous?

Baby's dad comes to town.

Maybe she thought he was gonna lure her back to New York.

Said they were best friends.

They weren't best friends.

Cheryl was a tag along.

She was clingy.

She wore the same hairstyle.

Dressed the same as her, all of it.

I mean, back then, we just thought

it was cool girl worship stuff, but now I don't know.

This is detective Douglas.

Is Cheryl Davies still there?

When?

Thanks.

Yeah, she left work. Said she was sick

and went home after she talked to you.

I know where she lives. Let's go.

Hey, we need to wait for backup.

Cheryl knows we're onto her.

She could be getting desperate.

What is it?

That's Riley's car.

What the hell?

You okay?

It's just so strange.

I knew Cheryl admired Riley,

but I never suspected anything like this.

Yeah.

Take a look at this.

Love letters to Riley.

One after the other, stuff in here about the...

Pregnancy, there's stuff in here about the baby's father.

So she knew about it.

Yeah.

The handwriting matches the letter

that we found in Riley's work locker.

She wanted Riley all to herself.

She couldn't handle the father being back in Riley's life.

Maybe she felt us closing in on her, panicked.

What the hell did she do with Riley?

Is this a murder-suicide?

What is it?

The I's, the way they're written on the wall. Look at that.

There's no handles on 'em... top, bottom.

Okay, so? So, the writing in the letter

it's uniform, it's consistent.

Look at that.

The handwriting doesn't match. Nope.

Someone wanted us to think

that Cheryl kidnapped Riley and took her own life.

Car in the garage was planted,

this whole scene was a setup.

They knew Cheryl had an obsession with Riley.

So Cheryl must have known them somehow.

No forced entry, right?

Maybe they were waiting for her, she let 'em in,

they killed her, made it look like a suicide.

But why go through all that effort?

Give themselves more time

to do whatever they're gonna do with Riley.

Well, something isn't lining up.

She wasn't killed here.

The blood under the wounds

it's not consistent with the injuries, right?

See that? Plus, if she wrote

all of that while she was bleeding out,

there'd be blood all over the walls,

there'd be blood on the carpet,

there's nothing. Yeah, you're right.

We need to find out where she went after work.

I've got the guys down at county working on her cell phone.

Hopefully, they can have something for us by end of day.

Yeah, we probably don't have time for that.

Hey, guys, I need you to run a GPS tracer on a phone.

I got you.

What's the name? Name is Cheryl

Cheryl Davies. All right, just give me a beat.

All right, she left work a few hours ago.

We need to know where she went after that.

Well, her phone has pinged at a residential address,

but it's not hers.

Tyler and Monica Harper?

You know them? Yeah.

Tyler's in construction.

He's a handyman, she's a nurse.

Really good people. Okay.

Any connection to Cheryl? Could be a hospital, a doctor?

Already on it.

There's no connection to the wife.

The husband?

Yeah, I'm checking out bank statements now.

Okay. Getting warmer real fast.

I see some checks payable to

Harper renovation solutions, two of 'em.

Looks like he was doing some work on the house.

Okay. When was that?

Two months ago.

It was right after she moved back to town.

Yeah, I know where they live.

Riley could still be there.

I have waited so long to meet you, little one.

I heard Cheryl's voice.

She was letting us know you were missing.

Wasn't that sweet of her?

What did you do to her?

It wasn't easy.

She was our angel.

Introduced you to us.

Answered our prayers, but...

She was the only one who knew about our connection.

You're crazy.

You killed her.

We just need the police

looking somewhere else for a while.

Until you're ready.

Being a mother means doing what's best for your child.

What does that mean?

Answer me!

What did you do?

There you are.

My goodness.

She's beautiful.

She?

She deserves better than you.

What are you talking about?

I'm her mother.

No!

You are a pretty, little, ungrateful bitch.

You were worried this baby would ruin your life.

You wanted to get rid of her.

I was confused.

I didn't know what I wanted.

But I do.

Mommy loves you, baby girl.

Get off me.

Let me go. Get off me.

My precious girl.

Let me go! Honey.

Honey, it's a girl.

How lucky are we?

You-you took care of everything?

Yes. But we don't have much time.

Okay.

No. No. No!

No! No! No, please!

Please, no!

This is detective Douglas

from the sheriff's department.

Sheriff's department. Open up.

Open her up, deputy.

Dining room clear.

Bedroom clear.

Bathroom clear.

All clear.

No sign of Riley.

Yeah, well, we've got an apb out on the Harpers' car,

and I'll leave a unit here

just in case they come back to the house.

We're gonna head over to the roadblock.

Yeah, go for it.

Is it possible Cheryl didn't come back here

or she... she came here for something else?

You know? What if they don't have Riley?

Something doesn't make sense. We're running out of time.

Wait a minute.

What is this?

Graves for their children.

They both died the same year they were born.

If they were born at all.

This isn't about Riley. It's about her baby.

Hey.

Reenie. Got anything?

Yeah. I reached out to my contact

at their medical insurance company that owed me a favor

and they pulled the Harpers' files.

And?

And it turns out they have a pretty tragic history

with trying to have a child.

Their ivf records show that they were trying to get pregnant

for almost a decade.

Spent their entire life savings and have nothing to show for it

besides two miscarriages.

Yeah, I found two grave sites out back.

I think maybe they're after Riley for her unborn child.

I mean, it makes sense.

There's no chance in hell they'd be able to adopt.

Tyler has a record.

How bad is it? Well,

he did five years for involuntary manslaughter

before they were married and he's been clean ever since, but

there's no agency in the world that would give custody

of a child to him. Yeah. What about Monica?

So, that's the thing. Monica wasn't always

Monica in Michigan.

Her real name is Lisa.

At least it was four years ago when she was accused

of impersonating a nurse in a nicu.

She was remanded for outpatient psych evaluation.

There's no telling what these people

are willing to do to get a baby.

Okay, thanks, reenie.

I got to get with local law enforcement.

Hey, we just got a hit on the Harpers' car

moving down highway 27. Okay. Let's go.

Over here.

Here we go.

Hey.

Let me take a look.

What do we got? We have a gunshot to the abdomen.

Keep pressure on it. Yeah. Yeah.

Hey, you did a good job. He's gonna be okay.

I don't think it hit anything vital, just keep pressure on it.

Okay? You understand?

Backup's on the way.

Which way did they go?

Through there.

Follow me.

This way. Come on.

Look.

Look at this.

What? What is it?

I only see one set of prints.

Behind the tree! Go, go.

Hide.

Get down.

All right. I got him.

He's behind that Boulder.

I need to get closer.

Okay. I'll cover you.

All right.

Hey. I trust you.

Be careful.

On three?

One, two, go.

If he came alone, Monica still has Riley somewhere.

Where is she?

I'll never tell.

We know what you've done.

You kidnapped Riley for her baby,

you killed Cheryl to keep us off your trail,

you go on the run as a diversion.

I got to tell you, your little plan

hasn't been working out too well so far.

So what's next?

You hold Riley until she gives birth

and then you run away for good?

You know that won't work out.

Help this make sense to me.

You'll never understand.

Unless you walk a mile in our shoes.

We have people looking for your wife.

They'll shoot her on sight

if they think Riley's in danger.

You'll never find her.

Do you know how much I want to smash that guy's head in?

Yeah, but you can't do that. That's exactly what he wants.

He thinks he's protecting his family.

I know.

But Riley's out there in god knows what condition,

and this bastard's the only one who knows where.

Mind if I take a shot at it?

You got an angle?

I might.

A lot of people would have a problem with that.

It's not exactly protocol.

But I trust you. See what you can do.

Yeah.

Saw the grave markers.

I know how tragedy can warp a family,

change it forever.

I've lived it.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

I know it changed Monica.

Or should I say Lisa?

Monica never existed.

You knew that.

You knew she wasn't well,

and that's why she went to the psychiatric hospital

years ago, right?

Nothing you can say can make me betray my family.

Yeah.

Not being able to have a child can be devastating.

What do you suppose is gonna happen

when she finally gets what she wants?

You don't know devastating.

I know one person's already dead.

You did some work on Cheryl's house.

I saw the invoices. You replaced a water heater.

Is that where you met Riley?

You heard them talking about the baby.

Right? And you probably just figured

all the pieces fit.

What pieces?

When your wife finally gets the baby that she wants,

you're just gonna be in the way.

She's gonna need to get rid of Riley

and she's gonna need somebody to pin it on,

and that somebody is you. Shut up.

No.

Monica would never do that.

She wants our family to be whole.

It's what she's always wanted.

What about what you want?

After Tyler Jr...

They don't tell you how someone you never met

can break your heart.

You're trying to protect your wife. I get it.

It's noble.

My dad... He was always on the run.

He, um

thought someone was after us, he was trying to protect us,

he brought us with him.

That's no life for a baby.

I just want her to be happy.

Be whole. Be a family.

This is not the way.

And you know that.

Does your wife know that?

I just want to make sure that Riley and the baby are safe.

They are safe. I never would have left them there...

Left them where? Where'd you leave 'em?

I'm not talking to you anymore.

They're still at the house.

I'll drive. Yeah.

Nothing.

Sorry, Katie.

Hey, we'll find 'em.

What now?

We're missing something.

The house is clean, they're not here.

I say we keep pressing Harper, get him to crack.

What is it?

That space above the garage... I didn't notice that

when we were in the house, did you?

No.

Tyler's in construction.

He could conceal his own build if he wanted to.

That space is right behind this wall.

Easy. Freeze.

Hands in the air.

No.

I'll kill her.

No, you won't.

She's having a baby.

You know how much that means to people.

No... just stop right there.

Why should she get to have this baby?

She doesn't even want it.

She does.

She does.

That's why you brought her here.

You care about that baby

even if you don't care about her.

It's over, Monica.

No, it can't be.

What's in the syringe?

What'd you give her... a sedative?

Something to keep her from talking?

You're slowing her heart down.

What do you think you're doing to the baby?

I didn't... no.

No, I didn't mean to.

I-I would never... No. I know.

I know. I know.

I believe you.

Let go.

It's okay. It's okay.

I just... I just wanted a baby of my own.

Hey. Riley, hey.

Riley, open your eyes.

Open your eyes. Look at me.

Look at me.

You okay?

You're gonna be okay.

Mom?

My goodness.

My goodness.

Sweetheart.

I was so scared.

I'm so sorry I didn't tell you about the baby.

I was afraid you'd think I was throwing my life away.

No. Never, okay?

I love you so much.

I'm just so glad that you're okay.

Hold on, okay?

Hold on. Hi.

Colter, thank you so much for bringing her back to me.

It's my pleasure. Thank you.

All right.

Be good.

We will.

Sweetheart.

They good? Be all right.

They got a lot to talk about, but they'll be okay.

Officer Biggs is gonna be okay.

He, took a bullet to the rib cage

but missed any arteries.

That's good news.

Harpers are in custody?

Yeah.

Hey. Thanks. Yeah.

I learned a lot from you.

And hey, if you ever decide to teach a night class

on how to be a human bloodhound, I'll be the first to sign up.

Well, I'm sure you'll be a star student.

If not, there's always the Navy.

Always the Navy.

Keep in touch? Yeah. You got my number if you need me.

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