"Mrs. Banks?"
"Yes Louis?" Viki answered, still recovering from the night that was behind her.
"There's a phone call for you"
"This late at night? Take a message, please" Viki said, making her point by sitting down.
"It's Miss Natalie's sitter" Louis pressed.
Viki was on her feet again in no time, immediately taking the phone out of Louis's hand.
"Yes, Mackenzie" Viki answered, already knowing something was wrong.
"Ms. Banks didn't come home when she said she would, it's been over an hour"
"Alright, dear, I'll be over there in a minute. Thank you for staying this long"
Viki hung up, immediately grabbing her keys. If only she could believe that Natalie was staying with Cutter at his place, but Viki saw what happened between the two of them, and there was no doubt that Natalie and Cutter were not together right now. Even if they had been, forgetting Liam was completely uncharacteristic of Natalie. Something was definitely wrong. Once in the car, she hit Bo's speed dial.
Unfortunately, it went to voicemail.
"Bo, its Viki. I know you can't do anything til morning or twenty four hours or whatever." she said and took a breath, "but Natalie never relieved her sitter. I think she's missing. Call me back when you get this, I'm picking up Liam and bringing him to Llanfair"
Dear God, Viki thought. Let this be a big misunderstanding. Natalie has to be alright.
"Guam?" she asked.
"Yes, Guam" Jeffrey answered his elder shortly. For the new leader, she sure wasn't what he imagined.
"It's so-"
"Perfect"
"Well, at least I get a tropical vacation out of this"
"Allison, I don't believe you screwed this up" Carl said from the pilot seat of the aircraft.
"I didn't have another option" she said.
"You could have acted faster" Carl snapped, "Now we have an heiress and two Mannings to deal with. Dealing with the Clint would have been so much easier"
"Yeah, cuz he's old and weak and feeble, yada yada yada" she said, "But let me tell you, the Messenger and myself have taken Natalie hostage before, and people always come running"
"We don't want them to run yet. We haven't completed our course of action regarding the twins" Jeffrey spelled it out
"And now we'll have Matthew suspicious because Jeffrey's gone" Carl lamented.
"I'd say I can hold him off for a week if he thinks I'm with you" Jeffrey said, "I don't think he'll be much of a problem" he continued, "Unlike the fact that half of Llanview will be out searching for her" Jeffrey yelled.
"Hush. The Messenger has sent us sweet Natalie. Believe me; it'll pay off in good time"
"Good time better come soon" Carl snarled.