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can tell you is she will be leaving for New York tonight.”
    â€œNew York?”
    â€œYep. You, in the meantime, need to pursue any leads about Melanie. She’s a Charlotte native. We need to be at the head of this story.”
    Wes shook his head. “I’m well aware. Serena dropped a hint about the boyfriend.”
    â€œI think we should pursue him hard. Right now, he’s been dodging interviews. We need an exclusive with him. Can you pull it off?”
    â€œHey, I’m on it.”
    â€œAll right. I’m counting on you, Wes.”
    â€œYes, sir.” Wes walked out of his producer’s office. He wasn’t sure how he would pull it off. While the way Serena went after a story was a bit manipulative, Wes chose to use his good guy charms. When he sat back down at his desk, he opened the Internet browser to surf to the Facebook Web site. Social media had become an excellent source of information for him. Being the web-savvy guy he was, he had been the first one in the newsroom to open accounts at all the popular social networks. He liked talking to fans and getting information. Sometimes the information didn’t pan out, but he had verified several leads in the past and had brought the story back to Alan later.
    Right now he wasn’t so much looking for any leads. He would after he connected with someone who was on his mind all night. He wasn’t sure if Angel was interested in hearing from him again, but he pulled up her Facebook profile and made a friend request. Wes wanted another face-to-face with her. Their first meeting was pretty awkward.
    He still couldn’t believe he’d hung out with her when they were children. At nine years of age, he was pretty sure he still didn’t like girls. Yet he had to admit there was a familiarity with her yesterday. It had more to do with the fact that she looked like her missing mother.
    He clicked open a folder to access a video clip. There was one person that was questioned extensively about Elisa’s disappearance. Wes pressed PLAY and then paused the video to study the face of Angelino Mancini as he was escorted into the police department for questioning. This was twenty years before, but Angelino could have been cast as a Jersey Shore cast member. He had a bronze tan, and his muscles rippled through the polo shirt he was wearing. Angelino and Elisa, with her deep chocolate complexion, were definitely the most striking couple Wes had ever seen. Wes jotted down some questions. How did this interracial couple meet? Did their cultural differences drive them apart?
    Wes could see which parent gave Angel her strong jaw structure. When she left yesterday, he noticed how her face was set as she tried to contain her emotions. Had she ever talked to the former street-tough boxer, who some thought was responsible for Elisa’s disappearance? What kind of relationship did Angel have with her Italian American father?

Chapter Nine
    Angel hummed and then sang the chorus of one of her favorite songs. “I need more, more, more, Jesus more of you. I need so much more, Jesus more, more, more.” She didn’t dare sing in front of others, but in the car she felt free to sing and worship.
    After leaving the Cades’ home yesterday, she had stopped to visit with Grams. The entire time she had wanted to lean across Grams’s shoulder, like she did when she was a little girl, but she couldn’t. Even after losing her granddad, Angel wasn’t prepared to see Grams struggling. She’d gone home feeling the weight of change.
    Then there was Wes Cade. She would have never made that connection. He was kind to her in spite of her awkward interruption of his family’s Sunday afternoon. She could relate to the tension on his face as he observed his grandfather’s confusion. Angel wasn’t so sure she wanted Wes’s offer to help, though. She had decided she wanted to continue to find out what she could about her