“Yes... Thank God... But you must stay here one week...”
So she rented a hotel room and all week she was with him in hospital. They talked a lot. She took care of him all the time. When they were talking one day, suddenly her phone rang.
“Hello? Who is this?”
“Hello Kate, we have your father”, said a booming voice.
“What?! Where are you ?! I want to talk with him!”
“You will talk with him if you come to Vienna”.
“To Vienna? Are you kidding?!”
“No, I'm not kidding. If you don't come we will kill him”.
“Ok, and what should I do when I get there?”
“We will find you”
“How?”
“See you, Katie...”
“Wait!”
Silence. She put the phone down.
“What happened? Who called?” asked Rudd
“Kidnappers... They have my dad...” said Katie. “We must go to Vienna...”
“To Vienna? And what next?”
“I don't know... He told me that they would find me...”
“How?
“I don't know. He didn't tell me more.”
“You must have a bug! Quickly, give me your handbag!”
“What? I haven't got any bugs!”
He spilled everything out of the bag.
“Wait, what is this? I don't remember this pen. I haven't seen it before”, said Katie.
“Give me this pen.”
When he took it, a transmitter dropped out of it.
“See? See? You had a bug. Did you talk with a stranger?”
“No, I didn't.”
“This is becoming more and more strange...”
On Monday Rudd left the hospital.
“We must fly to Vienna as soon as possible”, said Rudd.
“Ok, but now we will go to my hotel room and we will check the plane departures.”