"Linda!" Michael smiled walking through the door from the kitchen. "You're back." He went over and gave her a hug.
She gave a little nod "I couldn't do it, I couldn't get on the plane." She said hugging Jack.
"Are you going to stay now? Not going away anywhere?" Jack asked look up into Linda's watery eyes.
"Yeah." She nodded "I promised didn't I? And I don't brake my promises!"
"Good" He grinned.
"Why don't you two go and talk" Maggie said. "Leave Jack with us, Scout will keep him entertained wont you love." Scout nodded and went off with Jack to look at a teddy that used to belong to Liam.
Michael and Linda went into a spare room in the back of the house where they could get some privacy. "Linda you can talk to me, you know you can. What's up?"
"He's coming to get me." She said braking into sobs. Michael moved closer and held her in his arms.
"Who is?"
"Jim. One of his friends saw us on the train heading here. He's coming to get me and Jack."
"Well, he'll have to get past us first! It can't hurt you now, you're safe here." Michael held her in his arms for a while. "You have to tell the police Linda, you can't let him get away with what he's done."
"I can't! He said if I did..." She looked around the room. It was to horrible to think of. "He was going take Jack, and drown him."
"He wont be able to do that if he's in prison. Linda you can't let this psycho get away with what he's done. What if he doesn't come and get you and he moves on to another victim and hurts them." Linda couldn't look him in the eye. She knew Michael was right but Jim had contacts one phone call and they could all be in grave danger.
A few hours later Linda found herself in a police station giving a statement about her abusive ex-boyfriend. "Okay, thank you Linda." Said the friendly looking police woman. "We've contacted the London police station and they're going to call a search for him."
"Thank you" Linda said standing up from the hard, plastic chair.
"We will get in contact if we have any news" Said the police woman who stood up to shake Linda's hand.
"How did it go?" Michael asked as she walked out.
She shrugged "They're calling a search for him. That's no good though."
"It's all they can do though Linda, but they will be trying their hardest. Now come" He said taking her hand. "Let's go get Jack and we can go home.
"What about me and Jack, we don't have anywhere to go. I wasted out last bit of money on a plane ticket."
"You can come and stay at mine silly. I'm not going to leave you out her on you're own."
"Thank's" Linda smiled. It was the first time she had genuinely smiled in as long as she could remember. She had had nothing to smile for but now her and Jack's life looked like it was taking a turn for the better, well so she thought...
