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weeks. She’s traveling around Europe. Sometimes I wish I could get out of this town,” she joked lightly.
     
    “Well that's kind of a letdown.”
     
    “I can give her your name and number if you want. That way when she gets back she can call you. I hope that you didn't waste too much time and trouble to find this place,” the woman said when she saw the disappointment on Ashley’s face.
     
    “It’s okay. Let me grab my pen and paper and I’ll leave you my info,” Ashley told her, turning around to go back to her car.
     
    Rummaging around in the car she found her notepad and pen on the passenger side seat. She hadn't expected Sara to be out of the state, let alone the country, when she came to talk to her.
     
    Ashley wrote down her name, cell-phone and her office phone so that way she wouldn't miss any call that might come through for her. “Here you go. Can you tell her that it's really important that I get a hold of her please?” Ashley asked the brunette, almost making it sound like an emergency.
     
    “I will deliver the message first hand and let her know. Sorry that you came all this way. Where are you from?” she asked Ashley.
     
    “Chicago. I was hoping to be able to get an interview with her actually for a book I’m writing about Zach Ellis,” Ashley explained.
     
    “I’ll give her the message the second she arrives,” the woman assured her, giving Ashley a small smile before going back to work on the fence.
                 
    Getting in her car, Ashley felt like crying. She really hadn’t expected this. She knew that it was going to be a setback. She would be going back to Chicago with nothing at all on Sara. She knew that Jason would have something to say about not being able to find her.
     
    Once she got home and settled back in Chicago she looked at the clock. She should've taken Jason up on his offer to go to the Bears game. The more she thought about the woman she met at the riding school, the more she felt attracted to her. She just might go back there some weekend just to spend time with her. The one thing that she forgot to ask for was her name.
     

Chapter 3
     
    The following weekend Ashley decided that she was going to fly to Los Angeles and talk with Zach Ellis again. She hadn't talked to him in almost three years. It was time to get some new information on him so that the biography was completely up to date.
     
    It was going to be a fun part of the project because now she was going to get to know Zach's family and find out what he was doing now. Ashley also wanted to get some pictures of him when he was a kid.
     
    Zach and his family lived in a two story white house with a beautiful garden. Getting out of the taxi she walked up the front steps and knocked lightly on the front door. She waited a few seconds. Maybe she hadn't knocked loud enough. Just as she brought her fist up to knock again she heard the door unlock.
     
    “Hello, I'm looking for Zach Ellis. I have an appointment to follow up with him. My name’s Ashley. He's expecting me,” Ashley explained to the woman who answered the door.
     
    “Yes, he told me that you would be visiting today. Please come in. My name’s Emily. This here is our daughter, Laura. She just turned two.” Emily led her in through the house and Ashley took a seat on the living room sofa.
     
    Laura’s blonde hair and blue eyes reminded her of her father but she could she some on Emily’s features too. Emily left the room and walked in with a tray of drinks.
                 
    “I thought that since it was pretty hot outside that you would want something refreshing to drink. If that's not enough ice just let me know,” she told Ashley, sitting the tray down in front of her so that she could take her glass of lemonade.
     
    “Thank you,” Ashley said, taking her glass and taking a sip.
     
    “It's nice to see you again.” Zach sat down on the sofa beside her.
     
    “You too. I know it’s been a while since