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The song is by Kelly Clarkson. The lyrics does not match 100%, but it tells a lot.
Haunted
"Yes Rachel!" Danny snapped at the woman in the cellphone "I'm on my way right now to pick her up!"
Danny had just left the office with all it's paperwork when Rachel phoned him to make sure he did pick Grace up on time and correctly. Like always was his ex worried about their daugther, but lately she had been on him more often and more aggresive.
"Listen!" Danny finally said with irriation and anger in his voice "I can take care of my daugther without you screaming and telling what to do! So I'm hanging up now, bye"
He held the phone in his hand, pressed the red button with his thumb and the silence was over him. Smiling victourius he now held both hand on the steering wheel. Fast, but carefully, he continued his drive to school.
When he turned the car from the main road he saw a big red car, not really paying any special attention to the three peoples in it. Danny stopped the Camaro and parked on the regular spot where he always picked up Grace, his monkey and biggest love. Inpatient he watched kids of many ages on their way home. Some on bikes, some walked and some got picked up by cars. When Danny saw a group of girls in Grace's age he quickly got out of the car and away to the girls.
"Hi girls" he said with a soft voice because he did not want to scare them "Do you know if Grace Williams have left school?"
The looked on eachother to make the other one talk, but after a minute of awkwardness the oldest looking sacrificed herself.
"I think so" she said with a shy voice "You should ask Mr. Kahipho"
Danny smiled and thanked the girls before making his way into the school. He had not gone far when a male voice spoke to him:
"Mr. Williams! Have Grace forgotten anything?"
Danny got frozen inside and became paralized for a few seconds. He feared that this man had seen Grace leave for the day.
"No" he said worried "I'm looking for Grace!"
Mr. Kahipho's face got an odd look before turning into concern.
"I saw her leave just about five to ten minutes ago" he said and wrinkled his forehead.
Danny acted reflexively and ran out of the school. Looking right and left he search for his daugther in the crowd of children and adults.
"GRACE!" he shouted loud and clear "GRACIE!"
Some people reacted to the name, but must people started to look around to see what was going on and if someone was this Grace.
"Please!" Danny pleaded loud "Have anyone seen my daugther? GRACE?"
The people standing closest to him shoke their heads and walked away. Other began to do the same.
"No, please" Danny said despreatly "Help me find Grace! GRACIE, WHERE ARE YOU?"
The fear of losing her again grew inside him and almost made him cry, but he could not with all people around. He took up his phone and rang Rachel.
"If this is a joke..." he started angry, but got interrupted by her asking what was going on "Grace is not at school. If you picked her up just to make fun of me..."
It was silent in the phone and Danny thought that she might had hung up, but soon he heard her talking to someone.
"Stan have not picked her up either" Rachel said and Danny could hear have scared she was.
Danny felt how the tears was burning in his eyes so he got into the car and crouched behind the steering wheel. Every possible emotion was fighting inside of him.
"Maybe Steve took her?" Rachel asked with a numb voice, already knowing what the anwser would be.
"No!" Danny whispered as answer and the tears started to fall on his cheeks.
He could hear that Rachel was crying to. Slowly he started to feel an anger growing, making all other emotion disappear.
"I going to kill that son of a bitch!' he said mostly to himself, but also to try comfort Rachel.
"It's your fault, Daniel" Every word of hers was like needles into his heart "If you weren't so busy killing people you would be able to take care of your daugther, OUR daughter!"
The growing anger did not get calmed by those words and he smashed his hand into the dashboard.
"SHUT UP, RACHEL!" he screamed in rage "IF IT WASN'T FOR STAN AND HIS DAMN WORK GRACE WOULD BE SAFE RIGHT NOW!"
Rachel turned quiet and then there was a clicking sound when she hung up the phone. Danny started to breathe big breaths in a try to calm himself, but was not succeeding.
A sudden signal made him sit up straight and look at the his Iphone. It was McGarett.
"Danny" he answered short in a try to not let the other man hear his feelings.
McGarett knew Danny's all voice in and out so he got it very quick that something was wrong.
"What is it?" his voice said concerned in the phone.
Danny took a big breathe to not start crying again.
"You can talk to me, man!" Steve said with a trouthful voice.
"Grace is gone" Danny said with a thin voice and closed his eyes in a last attempt to not cry again.
"I'm so sorry" Steve said monotonic in his special and warm McGarrett-tone "I know this is going to be hard for you and that you probably want to find the responsible..."
He stopped the sentence there because he knew how Danny was about his daugther, especially after the last kidnap. Also Grace meant a lot to Steve too, she was like the niece he never got or will be able to have, so he also wanted the guy dead.
"But we got a case" Steve continued very careful about his words "And it involves kidnapping of children, like Grace"
"So you mean that their is a leauge looking for children and I hear about it NOW?"
Steve could hear how the anger raised in his best friend's voice and he knew that he needed to calm him down before he did something stupid.
"Take it easy!" he said a bit demanding "Come to the HQ and we will go through every detail, please?"
He made it a question because he knew Danny well enough to know that he did not like to be demanded. The answer was a mix of a sigh and a sob.
"Good, see you soon!" Steve said and hung up before the detective could say anything against him.
Danny smiled a little. He knew he could always rely on his partner, even if Steve was not the greatest in showing emotion, except for anger. Sad he started the engine and drove around the school to make sure she was not waiting on another place, but no little brown headed girl was seen anywhere.
He drove by a bench near the place where he always picks up Grace and suddenly saw something. He pressed the brake pedal and just stared. He can not believe what was on it. With a chocked look he steped out of the car and walked against it. Could it be...?
