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made her feel worried or jealous.”
    “Some women prefer that kind of man,” said Cindy.
    Alfred looked at Cindy out of the corner of his eye.
“Some women, but not most,” he answered slyly. “Most women get bored with a guy
like that.”    
    Cindy decided to go to the heart of the matter.
“What happened to Kara?” She asked the question swiftly and pointedly, letting
it land like a small shaft of lightning.
    “I believe Kara was taken, kidnapped.” Alfred ‘s
voice got shaky.
    That startled Cindy. “Kidnapped? Why? By whom?”
    “It’s complicated,” Alfred mumbled.
    “Right now the police believe it was an accident,”
said Cindy. “They think Kara went swimming and got caught in a tide.”
    “That didn’t happen.” Alfred was definite.
    “How can you be so sure?” asked Cindy, alerted.
    “This is off the record, okay?” said Alfred.
    The hairs rose on Cindy’s arms. “Of course,” she
said.
    “I got an email from Kara,” Alfred continued. “She
sent it after they say she disappeared. So she didn’t drown, she sent me the
email!”
    Cindy gasped. “Why is this off the record? It’s
incredibly important! Did you show the email to the police?”
    “I don’t trust the police,” Alfred whispered. “The
police could be in on the kidnapping for all we know.”
    “Why would they?” Cindy’s voice rose.
    “There are all kinds of possibilities,” said Alfred,
looking slightly unhinged.
    Cindy suddenly wondered if Alfred were paranoid and
dreaming this up, or if he really knew something.
    “Let’s start with the email,” Cindy continued
slowly. “Why do you say she wrote it after they say she disappeared?”
    “Because of the time on it,” Alfred replied.
    “That could just be the time you received it,” said
Cindy.
    “No,” he insisted, “it was the time it was sent.”
    Cindy’s mouth grew dry. She was very grateful that
Albert didn’t suspect her along with the police, that he was talking to her.
     “Thank you so much for sharing this with me,
Alfred,” she said, wanting to make sure he knew how much she appreciated his
trust.
    “I like you,” said Alfred, tapping his hands on the
table.
    “I like you, too,” Cindy replied.
    “I don’t want to give anything to the police
prematurely,” Alfred continued. “I want to see what they do on their own, let
them flush the truth out.”
    “They’re searching for Kara night and day,”
whispered Cindy.
    “And for all we know they’re the ones who stashed
her away!” Alfred wouldn’t let that idea go.
    “Why would they do that? Why, Alfred?” asked Cindy.
    “I’m looking into it,” he answered slowly. “Don’t
worry, pretty soon, I’ll find out.”
    “What did Kara write in the email?” Cindy asked
then, flustered, wondering if Kara mentioned that the police were after her.
    “Kara just said she was thinking of me, and that I
never should forget her,” Alfred replied, his lower lip curling downwards as
though he were about to cry.
    Cindy shivered. That was definitely a strange email
to write to a friend on your honeymoon. What could it possibly mean?
    “Do you have a copy of the email, Alfred?” Cindy
asked.
    “Of course I do.” Alfred was insulted. “Why do you
ask? You don’t believe me?”
    “No, of course I believe you.” Cindy tried to calm
him down. “I definitely believe you, I just wondered why she would write
something like that. What could it mean?”
    “Exactly,” said Alfred, “now you’re thinking the way
I’m thinking. Right away, I knew the email was a warning.”
    “What kind of warning?” Despite herself, Cindy felt
afraid.
    “Kara’s very sensitive,” Alfred continued, “she
always has a feeling when something’s coming along. She must have felt
something bad was going to happen to her. What else could that email mean?”
    Cindy racked her brain quickly to come up with
explanations. “It could mean that she might have been afraid that once she was
married you might