BACK AT THE STATION

John was at his desk going through paperwork trying to find everything he could about Matthew. Who his was, how much family he had, what has he been doing his whole life, and does he have any other houses in the state but he came up empty on everything. He sat back in his chair and closed his eyes.

"John?" Dave said walking up behind him.

John opened his eyes and turned to Dave. "Did you find anything on the number?"

Dave shook his head. "No, whatever phone he's using we can't track it and we can't get anything on it."

"So what are you saying that the number is useless?" John asked.

Dave sighed "Yeah the number is useless."

John leaned up and buried his face in his hands. "Now what do we do?"

Dave leaned on his desk. "You go home and get some rest alright. It's getting late and we'll pick up where we left off tomorrow."

"No I can't just go home when there still out there somewhere." John got up "I can go home knowing that Missy won't wake me up when she's having a nightmare. I can't go home knowing that Randy wont be in the kitchen making dinner like he always is when I come home. Dave I just can't go home."

Dave sighed "Well come stay with me because you can't help them if you're not eating and getting rest."

John sighed "I need to stay here and try to find out everything i can about this number."

Dave placed his hand on John's shoulder. "You're coming with me weather you like it or not. I'm your friend and I'm here for you but you have trust me. We're doing everything we can to find them but you have to-"

"Alright!" John said "I'll go home with you." He picked up his jacket off the chair and grabbed his keys. When he picked them up he knocked over a stack of papers. Bending down to pick them up. He got halfway through them when he saw a picture of missy and Randy, he froze.

"John what is it?" Dave said.

"Randy and Missy on her third birthday." John's eyes started to water. "She was so small in the green dress."

Dave leaned down and took the picture from him. "John you can't do this to yourself, you have to be strong for Randy like he's being for Missy."

"How do you know that?" John said.

"Because if Randy's there freaking out don't you think that Missy would me a lot worse. He has to be strong for her just like you have to be strong for them. We're going to get them back and when we do you're going to see what I'm talking about and we can't give up now or lose it." He took the picture from John "We got this."

John nodded and got up; putting some of the paper back on the desk he nodded. "Alright man."

Dave got up "Let's go."

Randy was holding Missy in his arms trying to keep her calm. He jumped when the door opened.

Shannon walked in with a plate of food. "I thought you guys might be hungry." He held the trey close enough for Randy to get it. Randy made no attempt to get it. Shannon sighed "Come on I know you tired of that dog food that he gives you. He's not here so don't be so uptight about and just take the food. I'll take the heat from him later but knowing it's me it won't be bad." He said smiling.

Randy used one hand to get the food and kept the other one around his daughter. "Why are you doing this, I mean can't you help us?"

"Because I love Matt and I know he can be a little crazy but he wasn't always like this." Shannon said.

"What do you mean?" Randy asked sitting Missy between his legs so she can eat the food.

Shannon walked back to the far side of the wall next to the door and sat on the ground. "When he was younger his mother died. After that his father made him grow up a little to fast. His father was almost never home and he always left Matt in charge of the house and his little brother so when their father got sick Matthew started acting out. Fighting in school, stealing, selling drugs and even doing it sometimes. Eventually he dropped out of school and his brother admired him. Followed him around like a puppy. It didn't matter that Matt always told him to stay away because he still came. Before their father died Matt promised him that he would do anything to protect him. He told Matt that he was suppose to protect Jeff and love him. Jeff dropped out of school and when Matt found out he beat the hell out of him. After that Matt was different. Matt and I were together before his father died and he was always there for me. When my folks kicked me out he let me stay with him and Jeff, everything was going great until that day."

"When Jeff was killed?" Randy said.

Shannon nodded "Yeah, I remember begging him not to leave that night because I knew that Jeff would follow him and they would get in trouble. He kissed me and told me he loved me then he left. Watching TV I notice that it's a little to quiet in the back so I go to Jeff's room and he's not there. I call him and Matt but don't get an answer from either of them. So I wait because any other time when Matt came home Jeff was right behind him so I thought that he would be but when Matt came home I found out what happened."

FLASHBACK

Shannon was sitting on the couch holding his phone when the door burst open. He jumped up "Matthew what-"

That was all he could get out before Matt pushed him down. "You were suppose to be watching him!" Matt shrieked.

"I was watching him but I can't keep him here." Shannon yelled back. "It's not my fault that he wants to be like his big brother."

"He's dead!" Matt said.

Shannon just sat there. "What?"

"Jeff is dead." Matt said quietly and fell to his knees.

Shannon went over to him. "What are you talking about what happened?"

Matt wiped his face off. "I robbed another corner store but when I was leaving I ran into Jeff. Then a cop came so we ran. I jumped a gate but Jeff never made it over. The cop ran up and told Jeff to freeze but he didn't so he shot him. I had to leave him there crying out my name." He looked down "Jeff is dead because of me."

Shannon didn't know what to say so he wrapped his arms around his lover and held him as he cried for his little brother Jeff.

The next day Matt was watching TV when the cop from last night appeared on the TV. Everyone was calling him a hero for what he did even though they knew the truth but they blamed his little brother for the crime. Knowing that Jeff had never done anything wrong in his lifetime. On that day he made a vow to himself that John was going to pay for this, and pay with his life.

END OF FLASHBACK

Shannon wiped his face "You know ever since then I blamed myself for his death. I shouldn't have let him out of my sight knowing that he was going to run after his brother. He always does and I knew that this time wasn't going to be different. If I would have been watching him he wouldn't have left, he wouldn't have died, and you and your daughter wouldn't be here right now. This is all my fault."

Randy was speechless after that. "Jeff made his own decision to leave that night. He knew what his brother was doing and he took that chance on his own. None of this is your fault."

Shannon bowed his head and closed his eyes. "I'm all he has left and he's all I got. My parents don't want me I have no other relatives and no friends. Matthew and Jeffery are all the family I have and not that Jeff is gone I can't lose Matt too."

Little did they know was that Matthew Moore Hardy was leaning against the wall by the door listening to everything that they were talking about? His lover and best friend blamed himself for Jeff's death. Not knowing weather to come in or not he closed his eyes and thought of all the times they shared together. Jeff, Shannon and himself running around the house like they were five year olds playing tag. Jeff and Shannon were his family to and a family he thought would last forever. Opening his eyes he realized how stupid it was. Only one thing mattered and that was doing to John what he did to me and that's taking away his family. It didn't matter that he loved Shannon more then anything but he made a promise to protect his family and John was still going to pay for this. He wiped his face off and walked down the hall with nothing but John on his mind.

A/N well tell me your thoughts on this chapter and I'll have the next one up as soon as possible.