It had finally happened, Callum he was out of the platts life's for good. They didn't know where he had gone or why he had suddenly vanished he just had.

It was a relief to Kylie and David who just wanted to get on with there lives now and raise there two children.

In the years that past Callum was never mentioned not even by Max who didn't even want to breath the same air as his biological father let alone speak about him.

All was well...until

October 21 2024. The day that would haunt the platts forever. It was the Day Lily disappeared leaving nothing but an abandoned pink bike in her wake with the wheel still spinning.

The alarm was raised as soon as they discovered she was missing but it was too late, she was gone. She had vanished, leaving no footprints or fingerprints in her wake.

The posters were put up, pages were made of a little girl with big brown eyes and a dazzling smile. Pleads were made on the news to help find this little girl both parents distraught as they plastered her image all over the television screens begging anyone for information but no one came forward.

She was like a ghost, no one saw anything or heard anything. She was no where to be seen and people at home were thinking 'I'm glad that's not my child' and some people were wondering how the parents didn't see anything but how could they. One minute she was playing in the street, the next she had gone.

David and Kylie had a funny feeling who took there child though. Callum Logan. The police however threw that idea out the window because Callum hadn't bothered them in years and why would he take Lily. It was crazy.

Despite this David and Kylie never gave up hope that one day there little girl would return home to them. No news was good news right?

As the years drew on, they both fell into despair and began to lose all hope for they did not know that some miles away Lily was still alive laying in a damp, cellar with a mattress on the floor and a dog collar around her neck watching a little box tv.

When she first went missing she had watched the news coverage on her and that gave her hope that they were going to find her soon but the news about her stopped and made her wonder if they had forgotten about her.

She never forgot them.

Her eyes lit up with fear as the cellar door began to open. The sight of him made her skin crawl.

She had been held captive for 6 years by this man and had now given up the power to fight him off. The abuse she had suffered, it all seemed normal now but she hated him, hated him with a passion.

"Get dressed you look a state" he said in disgust as he chucked her a bag. Lily knew exactly what it was, this was normal for her now as she pulled out the red lacy material from the bag.

"When's he getting here" she asked in a hoarse voice.

"It's three tonight lilykins" he said with a smile "if you make me proud I'll get you anything you want from my earnings"

Lily almost snorted at his words. His earnings! Should be her earnings. Making her sleep with all these men just so he could make a profit.

"Anything I want?"

"Yes"

"I want to go home" big mistake. She was suddenly grabbed and pinned up against the back wall, the wind struck out of her.

His nose pressed against her cheek as Lily whimpered against his grip. "I thought I told you! No more talking about going home! They don't want you, they have forgotten about you! You're nothing to them now."

Lily nodded and he eventually let her go. She scrambled to pick up the racy underwear from the bag. They didn't want her, not anymore.

Callum left as Lily got dressed her whole body shaking as she finally felt defeated. She was never going to get away.

Lily sat back on the bed and waited as three men entered the room. She abused and violated but it was more money in Callum's pocket.

It went on for what felt like ages then they left, left her there broken and numb.

She could barely remember her house. What she could remember was her mother's perfume and the way her father hugged her, she missed those moments.

Lily lay there waiting for other men to come in and have there way with her. Taking a deep breath so she didn't cry.

The door opened and she prayed for it to be over.

Elsewhere some miles away, it was coming up to the anniversary of Lily's abduction and David had not slept. He couldn't, he had to keep Lily's memory alive.

"David?" Kylie sighed coming out of there bedroom. "Come to bed."

"I can't, I need to try and find Lily"

Kylie looked down sadly. "David" she sighed. David knew that time. "Kylie, I'm not given you up"

"I'm not asking you to"

"Good because you should be helping me on this to!"

"That's not fair" Kylie said putting her head in her hands "we have looked for years, Lilys not coming home"

David looked at her stunned "I can't believe you just said that"

"David! We have another little girl now who's never even met Lily and she seems to be getting pushed to the side all the time due to her sisters abduction it's not fair" Kylie said "you need to spend time with her to"

"Hannah is fine! But lily-"

"IS DEAD!"

They both stared at eachother. David shook his head, he refused to believe it and he couldn't believe that Kylie had given up.

"I'm sorry David" Kylie wiped away a few stray tears "if she was still alive they would of found her. I'm sorry" she turned around and went back to bed.

David refused to give up. He wouldn't, he couldn't. He slowly pulled out his wallet and opened it to reveal a picture of an eleven year old Lily smiling happily at the camera. "I'll never give up Lily" he said, his lips touching the picture as his eyes closed. Images of his happy little girl danced around in his memories.