Day One,

7:45am

'Daniel, if you don't get up now for school you're going to be late' Sam shouted upstairs to her twelve year old son that morning, she waited patiently before eventually she heard a groan come from her son's bedroom. Sam smiled to herself after hearing this and she finished making Daniel's breakfast. 'Mum can you do my tie for me?" Daniel called down a few minutes later. Sam rolled her eyes but also smiled at this fact that at twelve years old he still wasn't able to tie his own school tie and that he always needed her to do it for him. Daniel made an appearance. A few minutes later.

Sam placed Daniel's breakfast in front of him and while he ate. She combed his hair, and straightened out his tie, before she looked at her son. He was becoming more like Tom every day, not only with his height, but with his looks. He was defiantly Tom's son that was for sure. Sam frowned a little which had gone unnoticed by Daniel as she thought about her ex-husband.

She sighed to herself a little as she remembered how messy the divorce was and when it eventually went through she had pulled Daniel out of school. And they had moved outside of Holby.

She had raised Daniel all by herself. It hadn't been easy being a single mother and raising a child all by herself not to mention the long hours she spent working around the clock at the hospital to make ends meet. So she could provide for her son.

Tom hadn't been in touch since, in fact she hadn't heard from him for about four years. She didn't know where he had ended up, whether he knew where they were. Fletch and Zoe did know, because they had helped Sam find somewhere to live and found her work somewhere else that wasn't in Holby and as far as she was aware.

Neither one of them had spoken to Tom ether. It had hurt Sam in a way because the one thing she hadn't wanted for Daniel was for him to grow up without a father, she had never known her father, and herself so to see her son go through the same thing as her was a little soul crushing.

But then again she had never predicted how her marriage to Tom would end. She thought if anything they could make it work but they hadn't a year after they moved away from Holby, cracks had already started to appear in their relationship and Sam believed Daniel's birth was what pushed them to breaking point. She had spent time singly hand raising their son and the final push came when it was revealed that Tom had been sleeping with some agency nurse. That was the nail in the coffin for the Kent's marriage.

And it seemed that Tom showed no remorse for his affair. He hadn't even begged Sam to forgive him yet alone take him back. He simply packed his bags the night she had discovered the god awful truth and hadn't returned or been heard from, until three weeks later Sam had received a letter from Tom's solicitor that he was applying for a divorce. It was then a custody battle broke out between the two. Sam winning full custody of Daniel and that was that.

Now four years on, her son was nearly a teenager and she hated to admit that he was fastly growing up, and she wished time would slow down so she could enjoy her time with her son.

Daniel let out a burp and it brought Sam out of her thoughts, she smiled at her son, and he returned the smile before he placed his now empty plate and glass in the sink, before grabbing his school bag and jacket. He kissed his mother's cheek and Sam watched as he left down the drive. Sam had slowly began to allow Daniel to walk himself to school. She was hesitative at first but gave in, because she knew Daniel needed to have some independence at some point,

8:30am

Sam was just getting out of the shower and changed into her work clothes. And was drying her hair when there was a knock at the door Sam froze for a moment because she wasn't expecting anyone, before they knocked again, Sam sighed before she headed downstairs and answered the door. To her surprise stood two police officers.

'Sam Kent?" one of them asked.

"That's me. What's this about?" Sam asked unsure why two police officers were stood at her door.

"It's about your ex-husband, Thomas Kent. Can we come in? We'd like to ask a few questions. "The police officer asked and Sam nodded sighing wondering why they would want anything to do with her. She hadn't seen Tom or heard from him for four years.

She closed the door behind them and showed them to the lounge, "So, what's this about?" Sam asked again as she took a seat down on the sofa. "Thomas has been reported missing, he was last seen six months ago, have you had any contact with him?" the officer asked and Sam shook her head.

"I haven't seen or spoke to him for four years after our divorce." Sam stated simply,

"Right, and would you say Tom has a reason to go missing?, His son Daniel lives with you is that correct?" they asked.

Sam nodded "I have full custody of our child. Really I don't know why you've come here. I can't help with your enquires. I haven't seen or spoken to him for four years." Sam stated simply,

"Okay Miss Kent. We understand that but as you can imagine we have to look down all routes of enquiry. " they said and Sam nodded. They soon left and Sam sighed hardly believing what had happened. She looked at the time and realised she had forty minutes before her shift was due to start and chose to spend it watching TV when there was another knock at the door

Sam grumbled before she got to her feet and answered the door to her complete shock, Tom was stood on her doorstep.

"You sure are a hard lady to find.." was Tom's greeting.