Max paced the living room, walking back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Maggie was standing up near the side table on the phone, mumbling something. Grace was on the living room couch, silent and depressed, fingering the swirly white cord. Brighton couldn't even stand to be in that house, and he was out on the road looking all over. Suddenly, Niles came in and hung his coat in the closet. Everybody immediately looked up and looked at him desperately, waiting for some type of information or just an update, at the very least. Niles looked at their hopeful faces and sadly shook his head. Maggie sighed and returned to her phone conversation; she was speechless.

"I went to Sylvia's, Val's, The Beauty Parlor in Queens, all the local shopping malls and even Yetta's! Nobody has seen her." Niles reluctantly informed Max.

Max sat on the couch, his hands covering his head which was drooped down over his legs. "I just don't understand, Niles. Everything was going great… we were happily married, the kids were happy... why would she leave? I know she was mad at me, but…"

"You know how moody women can be, sir…" Niles explained.

"Niles, this is no laughing matter!" Max said sternly.

"Well, perhaps, sir, it wasn't her who made the choice to leave. Maybe something has happened." Niles thought nervously.

Maggie spoke a quick 'Thank You' into the phone and hung up. Everybody looked at her anxiously, and she frowned, trying to process the information.

"Who was that?" Max asked when he couldn't wait any longer.

"The hospital… apparently there's a nurse there that looked at a Francine Fine's record. Fran got shot…"

"WHAT!" Max screamed.

"Ten years ago…" Maggie continued, making Max sigh with relief. "And apparently she was married to you back then… and was facing a horrible decision of some sort? And she lost her babies…"

"She never told me she got… shot! And why would her file be under 'Fine'? My Gosh, that woman's delusional!" Max concluded.

"Fran?" Maggie asked, shocked.

"No, the nurse!"

"Or maybe… Fran's at the hospital. Maybe something's wrong!" Niles thought out loud.

"No, Niles, nothing can be wrong. I've already lost one love, I cannot lose another!" Max said. "Plus, the nurse said it was ten years ago!"

The teary-eyed Grace ran upstairs in fear and Maggie ran after her. Max ran to get the closet to get his coat and ran outside in the freezing, pouring rain. "But I need to know for sure." Max closed the door behind him. Suddenly, he screamed in terror and then there was silence.

Brighton pulled up into the driveway just in time to see Niles run out to see what was wrong. When he closed the door, it happened yet again. A yellow light from the sun blinded Brighton and he heard Niles let out a scream…. A girly, high pitched shriek actually, but that's beside the point.

Brighton's heart dropped, and he instantly became sweaty, his heart pounding faster than it should. He felt like crying, and not just because he was afraid for Niles. Thoughts raced through his head and he didn't know what to do or say. He quickly texted Maggie and Gracie to come outside, not thinking straight. He just didn't want to walk near that spot where a light seemed to abduct his butler. This must be a dream, this must be a dream, this must be a dream… Brighton thought as he saw his two sisters open the door. Their eyes met and he motioned for them to come close to the car, but then he panicked as a thought came into his head.

"GUYS! GET BACK INSIDE!" Brighton yelled from the car. It was too late.

"Thanks Not-So-Bright-on, but I don't need to take orders from my kid brother." Maggie screamed to him, and Grace, who was behind her, kind of just shook her head. "Any news on Fran?"

Brighton folded his arms and frowned, deciding not to warn them, after all. Maggie waited patiently for an answer, getting angrier by the second that Brighton wasn't responding. Maggie frowned and closed the door, fully prepared to run to the car and punch her little brother. This was FRAN, for heavens sake! She needed information and she needed it now. She closed the door behind her and once again, a bright light blinded Brighton and both his sisters were gone. Brighton smiled for a second, thinking 'who's laughing now?' and then his smile turned into a shocked expression. What had he done? What did he do to his sisters? He could've prevented this! Brighton's heart started pounding again, a million times per second. Thoughts raced through his head of how he was such a horrible brother and how could he do this? He quickly opened the door and raced to the spot where his family was abducted. He figured 'wherever they're going, I'm going with them!'

Nothing happened.

He jumped on the spot, yelling at the spot, gathering plants and stuff to put weight on the spot. Trying everything to be with his family.

Nothing happened.

He opened and closed the door.

Nothing happened.

He physically went inside the house, closed the door, opened the door, went back outside, and closed the door behind him.

Nothing happened.

He sat there, crying on the spot.

I'm back! Wahooo! Let's just hope and pray that…. Problem…. Never happens again. Thank you sooo much to all who've been supporting me and praying for me and saying Jesus loves me… you all honestly have no idea what that means to me. So at least for now, I'm back, and so glad to be back! I love you all sooo much. Where do you think the family was taken? Leave a review 3

P.S. Sorry this chapter was so short!