"Ms. Saffron, what is it now?" Detective Chen asks.

I ignore his sarcasm. "This is serious, Detective. The killer is posing as a car service driver. One of my friends got into his car and is now missing."

"How long has she been missing?"

"Since last night. We were out in the Mission and I saw the driver — it was the man. I tried to stop her but couldn't." My voice is shaky but I go on. "She's not answering her phone."

He asks for all the details, which I give. There's not much to go on, I admit.

"You know, Ms. Saffron, that we can't really begin to investigate until a person's been missing for 48 hours, but I'll see what I can do."

I knew he was going to say that....

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