Hey guys, here's chapter 2

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Harvey didn't make a habit of taking his phone with him into a meeting. Especially an important meeting like this one. He was about to close one of his biggest deals since he took over the reins of the Firm. But he had a family now and he liked to be available whenever they needed him. Perks of fatherhood. Everything should be fine though. Donna had gone to collect the kids and by this time they should all be home. He often caught himself daydreaming about his family. He'd never get over the fact that he had them now, at all. And he never really got over the fear of ever losing them. That's why when he got that phone call he forgot to breathe. And of course, forgot that an answer was being demanded from him from the other end.

He had stepped out to answer the phone when he saw the caller ID was from his kids' school. Where he got the strength to get up and excuse himself from the meeting was something he would never really know. Because that caller ID had him thinking of all sorts of things before he could even answer thee phone. And none of it was good.

Turned out he was right.

"Mr Specter?" The voice on the other end said, questioning if he was still on the line. Albeit having called several times before Harvey finally found his voice.

"Yeah…uhm…I m still here. Um… you were saying?"

"Well, your kids have not yet been picked up and I was wondering if you were going to send someone or if either you or your wife are coming…."

"Donna…she didn't come to pick them up? Look, I'm sure you're mistaken because…"

"We have tried her phone Sir, but it's not going through. It's going straight to voice mail and …"

All kinds of things were going through his head now. Donna would never leave the kids for so long. Something happened. Something happened to Donna. Oh God.

He felt his heart drop and he had no idea what to do now. He was stuck in his mind. He couldn't move. Couldn't talk.

"Mr Specter?"

"Yeah, uh…I am coming to pick them up right now…just uhm…let me talk to my son please."

"Sure." He heard the voice say as if from a far away place. He waited for Jackson to come to the phone.

"Dad?" His son's small voice said on the other end and his heart clenched in that strange way he wasn't quite able to describe yet.

"Hey buddy. Are you and your sister ok." He asked anxiously. Thank God his youngest son Marcus was in kindergarten and would have an all-round baby sitter. But still.

"Yeah…we're fine Dad. I know you're busy and all but, I thought mom was the one coming to pick us up today. Did…did something happen…?" His son did try to sound so reasonable and grown up and was so sweet at his age. He was his dad's son alright. Taught to be the man of the house. He was his champ. And the down side of that was that the little guy was too smart he could read into situations as well as any grown up. And he couldn't be fooled with half backed answers. So, Harvey tried real hard to reassure him of something he wasn't quite sure of himself. Where was donna? God, he prayed nothing had happened to her. Because he didn't know how he could ever breathe again. He wouldn't know how.

"Of course, everything is fine champ. We just got a little busy and lost track of time, I'm sorry buddy. How is your sister? Let me talk to her." He said

The voice of his little girl came on the phone.

"Daddy?"

"Hey sweetie. I am so sorry pumpkin that we are picking you up so late. I'm coming to get you now, aright sweet heart?"

"Yes daddy. We'll be here." He could see her rolling her eyes in an 'where else are we going to go' way. She was so like her mother that way. He smiled and again that painful clench of his chest.

"Alright baby, daddy loves you ok?"

"love you too daddy."

"Alright give your brother the phone." And the phone was handed over unceremoniously to Jackson.

"Dad."

"Jackson buddy. I am going to be right there in a few minutes. Take care of your sister alright?"

"Yes dad."

"Alright buddy. I love you." Then he hung up and made his way to the Conference room.

"I'm sorry gents but Louis and Mike will have to take care of the rest here. I have got to go." He said to the confused faces of everyone in the room. He didn't even take the time to come fully into the room, he was half way out the door as he delivered his message.

Mike and Louis looked at each other and excused themselves briefly to go after Harvey.

He was already briskly walking in he corridor towards the elevators.

"Harvey, wait up." Mike said, making a half run after him.

"Can't Mike, I told you to take care of the things."

"Yeah, they can wait for a few minutes Harvey. Besides, they have already signed the contracts. The hard part is done, they are already in the bottle." He managed to stall him for a minute. "What's going on?" Mike asked in concern.

"It's uhm…uh…" He really was not breathing quite right, and Mike was standing in his way right now. He really had to get out of here and go get his kids. In the process trying to find out were the hell Donna was. He didn't stop speed dialling her even as her phone continually went to voice mail.

"Yeah, Harvey. What the hell is going on? How could you just leave a meting like that to do to, God only knows where. You know how important this meeting is and you… just because Jessica left you the reign you think you can run this Firm like your mama's kitchen. We're trying to…"

"Louis! Shut up, ok. Something's happened." Mike said, all this time he had not taken his eyes off Harvey and he could not miss the panicked look on his face, the way he was now tugging at his tie to try and breathe easy.

Louis paused mid-sentence and really looked at Harvey, considering what Mike had said. Harvey's family was his own. Yeah, they were like rival quarrelling brothers but, brothers they were. And if something had happed to Donna and the kids he would go lock himself in a room and never come out. Especially what he had just said to Harvey just now. And he was extra miffed at how Mike was always the one to read Harvey better than he could. The guy was literally sweating now, how could he not have seen that?

"Harvey…I'm so sorry. Don't tell me something happened to …"

"Its …its nothing Louis just…uh…"

"Harvey you're not ok. What happened?" Mike asked again, even more concerned.

"Uh…I'm not sure. It's just…Donna didn't pick up the kids and…she left here…she was the one who was supposed to pick them. I just…maybe she forgot or…or got it all mixed up or…or something." Even as he said it he knew how unlikely that was. Donna never forgot anything, let alone her own kids. But lately she had been a bit off. However, to forget her own kids? No way. Something had happened, and he could see the answering reasoning on Mike and louse's faces. They didn't think so either. That meant something had happened. Something bad. And now he really couldn't breathe.

"What can I do Harvey?' Louis asked anxiously.

"Its nothing Louis just …take care of the deal for me."

"You got it." Louis said with that manly nod of his then turned to walk back into the conference room.

Mike stayed with him however, unmoving.

"Mike, you too. I need you to…"

"Louis can take care of it. Let's go find Donna."

And that support he offered was what he needed. 'Cause right now he was surprised he could even think. He may need someone.

He relented and let him tag along.

He rushed to his car, Mike in tow and told Ray to drive him to his kids' school.

His kids were the only ones left at the school he was sure, it was so quiet. He rushed to the teacher's office where he had been directed and he found them, sitting there. Quiet.

His kids were never quiet, especially these two, the twins. He could see they were worried.

They both rushed to him and clung to his legs.

"Heyyy. I'm here. Were you scared?" he asked, consoling them.

His son would have come back with an 'I am never scared', as usual. But this time he just looked around.

"Where's mom?"

And Harvey didn't have an answer for that one. He had no idea where their mother was, and he was going insane with the horror pictures finding their way into his mind. Could she have been in an accident? He could picture her lying unconscious in a wrecked car. Blood all over. And he almost had a heart attack. Or could she have been kidnapped? Harvey had a lot of enemies, now more than ever that he had managed to screw a lot of people over before running away to Canada. Now more than ever that he had someone, people, a family they could hold over him. They could make him do whatever they wanted. Please God, he would do whatever. Please just let her be safe.

"Oh, here she is." Mike said in relived surprise and in answer to Jackson's questioned.

They all looked to see Donna hurriedly walking into the building. She looked flustered and out of breath and panicked.

"Donna." Harvey said in relief. She was ok. God, she was standing right there in front of him, alive. As if in answer to his prayers. He could finally breathe.

"I'm so so sorry Harvey, I didn't …I didn't realize…"

"What the hell happened Donna?" Harvey hissed at her, trying to avoid fighting in front of their children. Because as much relieved as he was, he realised he was perfectly pissed. What the hell happened for her to forget to pick up the kids? Making him go crazy with worry thinking that something had happened to her.

"Harvey, can...can we not do this right now? I just…" then she went ahead to hug her kids as if her life depended on it. Harvey realized that something had indeed happened. He felt guilty for yelling at her when she had walked in instead of holding her so tight she wouldn't be able to breathe. Not to kill her of course. Though for a moment the thought had crossed his mind. God, he had never felt so scared in his life. Well, there had been a few moments but this one was sure going onto the bucket list.

"I'm sorry baby." Harvey said as he took her into his arms and kissed her softly. "I'm sorry, I just…I panicked."

"I'm sorry too Harvey. I'll explain latter." She said, but she had no idea what's she was going to come up with to explain this. The truth was, she had forgotten her kids. And she could never be able to forgive herself no matter what the cause or reason. They thanked the teacher for staying with their kids and she was so grateful. But she was not about to tell Harvey the truth.

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