Page 48 of Deadly Scandals

A few minutes later, I walked back outside. I could no longer see my children, but I told myself they were fine and made my way over to where the rest of the parents were already seated to get ready for the performance.

I sat next to the couple I had seen earlier. The dad had his phone out, ready to film.

“My boy, Jared, is so excited. It’s his birthday, and this was all he wanted to do.”

I wasn’t used to people talking to me out of the blue, but this guy clearly wasn’t from around here. “Yeah, my kids can’t wait, too. It’s really great that Disney does this.”

He nodded. After a few more minutes, I saw the original Jedi I had spoken to walk toward the stage, followed by twenty or so kids. I immediately saw Sam, who was smiling proudly in his brown Jedi robe and waving to me.

But Sienna was nowhere to be found.

My heart stopped and my throat burned. Where the fuck was she?

My eyes scanned every little girl on that fucking stage. The main Jedi began to speak, but I ran onto the stage and grabbed Sam.

“Where’s Sienna? Sam, where is your sister?”

“She went with a Jedi. She was right behind me. He told me he was taking her for special Jedi training.”

Oh my God. What the fuck?

My daughter had been kidnapped.

I screamed at the main Jedi. “My daughter has been taken! I left her with the other children. She was talking to the Jedi. Where is she?”

“Sir, calm down. There must be a mistake. We are the only two Jedis in the show.”

A few security men ran over to me, and the performers stopped the show. An alarm immediately sounded, but I couldn’t hear the blaring noise. I had gone deaf to everything but my panic.

I began cursing at the Jedis, clutching Sam for dear life. I ran over to where I had last seen my little girl. But she was nowhere to be found.

My mind raced. I remembered watching a documentary about all the tunnels in Disneyland. She could be anywhere by now. Some sicko could have already taken her out of the park. He could be a child molester, a murderer, a sex trafficker.

All the millions of dollars of training the Navy had given me didn’t mean shit right now. I was helpless.

By now, every cop in the park had been alerted and the entrances had been shut down.

As the police escorted me to a room, I became completely numb. Nothing in my world mattered anymore. My entire life I had trained to protect others. And I couldn’t protect my own daughter.

I was a failure.

My little girl had been taken. On my watch.

And I would tear up this world to find her.

I grabbed my phone and shot Ashley a text.

I need you now. My daughter has been kidnapped. We are at Disney.