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EXCERPT:
Once outside again, he noticed that he had a voice message from the center.  The director himself had been trying to reach him.  Curt hurried as fast as he could to the center, running down the street like a crazy person.  It was just after 9:00 p.m. when Curt arrived at the center and was rushed into the director’s office.  “We met earlier, Curt.  I’m Daniel, the director here at the center.”  Curt shook his hand, and Daniel informed him that Luke had been kidnapped.  “How could he be?  The kids are watched here.”  “Curt, it was by someone you know.”  Curt could not imagine anyone he knew doing anything such as this.  “Who?”  “There is a man named Michael who has been working in the Davie Village.  The owners of the eatery turned him in.”  “He told me he owned the place,” Curt was almost shouting now.  “He has lied to many business owners in the Village, Curt, and has misled many.  He is a hard worker, and disguises his true motives very well.  The owners of the eatery feel horrible about this.”  Daniel sat beside Curt and tried to calm him down.  “But he lives upstairs from the eatery, right?”  “No, Curt, that was also a lie.  He has offered a place to stay to more than one of our youths here.  He gains their trust, and then tries to return them to their former groups demanding money from them.  Sadly, when he tries to return the youths their groups no longer want them, and they once again are rejected.  Michael has no need for them, and so will often drop them off somewhere on his way back here.  We try to convince the youths to return to the center but as you can understand, many are too confused to feel they can trust anyone.”  Curt was fuming.