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Driving

Lesley stared out of the windscreen as Jake drove towards the police station. She could hardly believe Malachy had been abducted. There were so many possibilities as to who the culprit could be but Jake seemed convinced Crocker was right. She just wanted to keep an open mind. Calhoun was definitely in her top ten of suspects, she just didn't want to loose sight of the fact Malachy had made plenty of other enemies over the years.

"Jake." Lesley paused as he parked the car outside the police station. "We don't need to be here."

"Excuse me?"

"We need to be looking for your father. He isn't in that prison. Until he is officially reported missing there is little I can do officially. So here is not where we are going to be, unless you are going to report it."

"I do that and I could put him in even more danger."

"Exactly." Lesley touched his hand. "So we go back to your place. We see what Rose has found and if Des has come up with anything."

"You could get in trouble for this."

"Since when has that stopped me?" She smiled as Jake squeezed her hand. "Come on Jake, your father needs us to find him. If Calhoun is responsible then we need to find Malachy. And fast." Jake nodded before starting the engine.

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"Rose."

"Christian." Rose countered. "Have you?"

"I talked to everyone in the bar who saw Dad last night." He sat at the desk as Rose walked toward the notice board. He had no idea what had happened to his father but had a feeling that Jake knew more about what was going on than he had told them. "No one has seen him since the day before yesterday."

"He was in the bar with us." Kathleen watched as Rose nodded.

"Calhoun." Jake perched on the edge of his desk as he spoke. "I spoke to your father." He looked at Tinny. "He wants you safe. So you stay here. Do you hear me? Becker and Calhoun are involved in this."

"How can I just stay here when Pops in trouble? He would never leave me out to dry." Tinny glared at him. "You know that."

"Yes but this time he needs you safe as much as I do. Now you can be more good to him here."

"He's right." Lesley folded her arms. "With your experience of police research you are more good to Mal here, going through the paper trail." Tinny glanced at her mother before raising her hands in the air.

"Ok, ok." She sat down and buried her head in her hands as Rose shook her head. It was going to be a long night.

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"What is all this about?" Mal asked as the light shone in his face. He felt sick and knew the man in front of him was probably going to kill him. Jake and the others had no idea where he was or what had happened. The longer he could keep the man talking the longer he had to try to find a way out.

"You sit there and wonder." The man laughed. "My boss wants you here so here you are."

"Ok." Mal nodded, glad that his captors had kept him untied."So you're being paid for this?" The younger man shook his head before walking out of the room and locking the door behind him. Mal glared after the man, determined not to let his captors see how worried he really was.

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A/N More soon