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| Harm got up and began to pace. "Dad," Christiana said, "that's not going to help them get home any faster." "No, it's not, but it's something to do. Why don't you try your Mom's cell phone again?" "It just goes straight to her voice mail. I'm not going to leave 500 messages for her!" Trisha came into the living room carrying something in her hand. "It won't matter how many messages you leave her, Chris, she won't get them until she gets home." "Damn," Harm muttered. "Where was it?" "On the kitchen counter." Harm kicked a pillow that had dropped onto the floor. "She always forgets her phone." The phone suddenly rang, causing them all to jump. Harm immediately grabbed it. "Sarah?" "No, Dad, its Ni." "Ni? What's going on? Where are you guys?" Harm could tell his son was upset about something. "Ni?" Nicholas quickly explained what happened, where they were, and finally... "Dad, they took Mom. I-I tried to stop them, but..." "It's all right, Ni. I'll be right there. You two just sit tight, okay?" "Yeah." "I love you both." "I know." Harm hung up. He didn't notice the questioning look in the twins' eyes. "Dad?" Trisha said. His face had lost all it's coloring in a matter of seconds. "What? Oh, sorry, I need to get Ni and Maddie. You two stay here." Christiana glanced at her father skeptically. "No way! You look ready to faint. I'll drive." "Wait a minute," Trisha said. "You said Ni and Maddie. Where's Mom?" ************ Christiana pulled up behind her mother's car. Harm immediately jumped out to check on Ni and Maddie who had run over to car. "Are you guys all right?" he asked. Maddie cried as she hugged him. "They took Mommy and hurt Ni!" "Are you hurt, baby?" Maddie shook her head. Harm kissed her cheek. "Good. You go inside the car with your sisters. I'm going to fix Mommy's car and we'll drive home and call the police, okay?" "Okay, Daddy." Ni looked up at Harm. "I'm sorry, Dad." "Stop apologizing, Ni. It was beyond your control." He gave Harm a quick hug then went into the car. Harm sighed, asked Christiana to pop open the truck, and pulled out the spare tire. He did NOT need this! *********** It had been three days since she was taken. Three days since he had last seen her. He couldn't even remember what the last words they said to each other over the phone..... Before she put the kids in the car and headed home. Harm got up from bed. He wasn't going to be sleeping again tonight. Everytime he fell asleep he had horrible nightmares. Mac being attacked in different ways. He hurt his heart just thinking about it. "Sarah, where are you?" he gasped as he sank to the floor. Sobs began to wrack his entire body. He barely felt the hand on his shoulder. "Dad." It was Trisha. "Dad, the police just called. They found Mom." Harm's head jerked up. "Are you... are you sure?" "I am," Trisha replied. |
