Chapter 28

"I can't believe this, he was okay earlier!" Robbie said in between sobs.

"He'll be okay Rob I promise" Phoebe soothed as the thought of Jason being in a medically induced coma to cure a damaged kidney ploughed through her mind.

"I need to be at the hospital, I can't sit here while he's in there!" Robbie shouted. Phoebe gave him a hug, two looks of fear filled the room as the girls wondered what the shouting was about.

"Why are you shouting Robbie?" Elsa asked as she walked over and presented him with a picture of a flower she had drawn him, Ruby followed her with another drawing but for Phoebe. Elsa noticed that Robbie had been crying, she wrapped her arm around him and gave him a small hug.

"Don't be sad, Jason will get better he's just a bit poorly" she said softly, Robbie lifted his head and smiled and gently hugged her back.

"Why don't you and Ruby go upstairs with Pheebs and get ready for bed hey?" Robbie said softly.

"Okay, night night Robbie" Elsa said running off upstairs.

"Night night Uncle Robbie" Ruby said as she gave him a quick cuddle and made her way upstairs.

"See you soon yeah" Phoebe said, giving him a quick kiss and quickly made her way upstairs to look after the girls.

When Robbie got to the hospital, Sandy,Ziggy,Freddie and Lindsey were all sat outside Jason's room, Lindsey was sleeping with her head resting on Freddie's shoulder. Sandy was sat looking straight through the window constantly checking if there was any change in his condition.

"Alright Rob?" Freddie asked as he saw him walk through the door.

"No bad ta, any change?" Robbie asked, as he walked up to the door, looking through the glass.

"No mate, he's responding to treatment though. Where are the kids?" Freddie enquired trying to make conversation as he didn't expect to get anything much out of Robbie.

"They're at home with Pheebs, she's going to stay with them. Can I go in and see him?" Robbie asked.

"Yeah sure, me and Linds are gunna go home. Phone us if there's any change" Freddie said as he gently shook Lindsey awake.

"What's happened, is there any change?" she said in a sleepy manor as she awoke.

"No Linds, come on lets go home and get some rest" Freddie soothed, kissing her head.

As Freddie and Lindsey made their way home, Freddie sensed that Lindsey was upset as she wasn't her usual chatty self.

"You okay Linds?" Freddie said as he held her hand a little tighter.

"What if he's not well enough for the wedding? I can't not have him there, I want him to be the one that gives me away" Lindsey said as tears fell from her eyes.

"Hey Linds, he's going to be fine he's a tough cookie don't you worry" He said with a smile on his face, he pictured the wedding day with him and all his loved ones around. He knew it would be a day to remember, he just couldn't wait.

"He's never been in a coma this long before, I didn't get to him quick enough. If it wasn't for Elsa raising the alarm god knows what would have happened" Lindsey sobbed.

"Don't beat yourself up about this, you did your best to get him to hospital quickly. Let's focus on getting home, I'll run you a nice hot bath and make you something to eat, How about that then?" Freddie beamed as he lifted her up and carried her the rest of the way home, by the time they had walked home Lindsey was now smiling and laughing at the jokes Freddie was cracking.

"You're so funny Freddie, but please I'm not really in the mood for all this laughing" Lindsey said as she tried to stop herself from laughing so loud. Phoebe walked into the hall wondering what all the noise was about.

"Shh, I've only just managed to get the girls off. They were so hyper no thanks to Robbie" Phoebe said as she put a finger to her lips.

"I'm glad they're okay, sorry" Lindsey said as she took off her shoes.

"Get yourself in front of the TV Linds, I'll run your bath. You can go home if you like Phoebe" Freddie said warmly, Phoebe smiled and picked up her bag.

"Thanks, send Robbie my love if he comes back tonight. I'll come round in the morning" she said.

"Thanks for everything Phoebe, you're a good one" Freddie said. Once Phoebe had gone Freddie made Lindsey comfortable.

"Sit tight I won't be long" he said with a smile as he made his way quietly upstairs.

As he neared the bathroom he heard whispered coming from the room Elsa and Ruby were sleeping in,thinking he was hearing things he tried to shake off the thought of anything going on but when he heard Ruby crying he had no choice but to see what on earth was going on.

"Ruby, Elsa! Are you both okay?" he said as he barged into their bedroom, he was shocked to see Grace clutching a terrified looking Elsa.

He quickly scooped up Ruby, hugging her tightly he reassured her that she would be okay.

"Daddy's here don't worry sweetie" he kissed her head, placing her down he held her hand and approached Grace, Elsa reached out to Freddie. He grabbed her from Grace's arms and knocked her onto the bed.

"You leave her alone and get out of my house! Don't make me have to throw you out myself" Freddie fumed, Grace got up off the bed.

"I'm here to take what I've paid for" Grace said, obviously referring to Elsa. Freddie looked at Grace with nothing but anger in his eyes.

"You aren't taking her anywhere! Elsa isn't an item she is a child and she's staying here with the people she knows and loves" he said sternly. He couldn't believe that Grace had paid money to somebody just to take Elsa.

"If I you don't allow me to take Elsa with me by tomorrow then I will come to get her again and this time I will get her and I will give her the life she deserves, a loving home with Trevor and I.

"Don't make me go with her Freddie" Elsa whispered into Freddie's ear.

"You're staying here with us don't worry Els" he said shaking his head at Grace and giving her yet another dirty look.

Once Grace had left, Freddie settled the girls back to bed. When they had gone to sleep he saw that Grace managed to get in through the open window which was always open a jar at night for ventilation purposes, he needed to put a stop to it happening again so he locked the window with the key that was provided. Freddie went and ran the bath for Lindsey, once that was done he rejoined Lindsey in the living room.

"Freddie what's wrong? You look as white as a sheet" Lindsey said as he came into the room.

"Grace was upstairs, she wants Elsa apparently she's paid somebody for her! We need to up it and leave in the morning. We can't stay here when Grace wants to snatch her" Freddie announced.

"What! Why? We can't just up it and leave" Lindsey said shocked.

"We have no choice, Grace will come back for Elsa and non of us will see her ever again if that happens, first thing tomorrow me you Ruby and Elsa need to be ready to leave the village" Freddie said. He knew it would be a big step but it had to be done because Grace wouldn't give up on getting what she wants.

"What about Sandy! She'll obviously realise that we've taken her daughter, we can't not tell her" Lindsey said in a panicked tone, Freddie pulled her into a hug and kissed her head.

"Trust me Linds I know what I'm doing, we'll let mum know where we've gone so she can join us once Jason's better" Freddie announced, he had a plan in his head he knew that if he worked hard on it then it would work and everything would turn out okay.

After a few hours of persuading Lindsey finally came round to the idea, Freddie explained that they wouldn't be away long only for a few months or so, For the rest of the night they both figured out what they would say to Sandy, the quicker they did that the better.

The next morning Lindsey got up early and got the girls ready while Freddie worked on telling Sandy about the plan. Making sure that everything was neatly packed up in the boot of the car he quickly got Elsa, Ruby and Lindsey into the car and drove them to the B&B that Joe was staying in, he booked them a room and made his way to the hospital to announce to the others what was going on. He hoped Robbie,Ziggy and Sandy understood why he was doing this, he didn't expect it to go down well at all.

"Hey mum can I have a quick word with you please?" Freddie asked, Ziggy was out for the count on a chair and Robbie was sat in the room with Jason. Sandy nodded and followed him out to the corridor, Freddie made sure they were standing in a secluded area with no people around.

"What's going on Freddie? Why can't we have stayed where were and talked" Sandy frowned.

"Promise me you won't be mad at me and promise you'll understand why I'm doing this" Freddie said, picking up her hand.

"You're scaring me, please tell me you aren't about to do something stupid?" Sandy said with fear in her eyes. Not wanting to avoid it any longer he got straight to the point.

"Me and Lindsey are going to have to go away for a while, the girls will need to come too, I know it sounds crazy now but it's for the best, Once Jason's well enough you can come to where we are. I can't explain right now but you'll thank me in the end when Elsa is kept safe" he said as quickly and as quietly as possible. Sandy's eyes filled with tears.

"No, you can't take Elsa away from me!" Sandy said sternly, Freddie pulled her by the elbow into a nearby empty room, Freddie hated doing that but he couldn't risk anybody else hearing what the plan was.

"look mum, I'm going to have to she'll be safe with me and Linds. I think Fraser is wanting to be a part of her life again and I can't risk having him back in our lives" he said with speed.

"What makes you think that? He's long gone!" Sandy spat in annoyance at the mention or Fraser's name.

"Grace has paid somebody money for Elsa, she tried to take her last night. If it wasn't for me going up to run Lindsey a bath that little girl would be long gone" Freddie said with wide eyes and grimacing at the thought of Grace being anywhere near Elsa.

"Why would anybody want to buy a child off someone, most of all why my child" Sandy sobbed, Freddie pulled her into a hug, and kissed her head.

"Nobody will get their hands on her I promise! You've gotta trust me on this one" Freddie soothed.

"Go just take her!" Sandy proclaimed.

"I promise you'll be with her again soon, it's just better to be away from the village right now" Freddie said extremely quickly, Sandy nodded and gave Freddie a hug.

"Thank you, look after her won't you?" Sandy said, kissing Freddie on the cheek.

"I promise, you don't have to worry about anything, we'll phone you everyday and before you know it you'll be with us" Freddie smiled.

Once he had said goodbye to the others he made his way to the B&B.

"How did it go?" Lindsey asked with a hopeful look on her face, Ruby and Elsa were sat doing a puzzle in the corner, Joe was helping them. Freddie wasn't fond of the idea of Joe being back in the equation but what could he do? He didn't want to leave Joe alone with Lindsey, not that he thought he would hurt her he just didn't want history to repeat its self.

"Apsolutley fine, she'll come to where we end up as soon as she can" Freddie said, Lindsey kissed Freddie's cheek.

"I'm so glad this is working out, I just want this all to be over so we can be back home where we all belong" Lindsey added, Freddie looked over at the girls playing happily smiling at the view.

"They're non the wiser bless them, Hopefully we'll be able to go back soon once Grace has been taught a lesson" he said with a smile which was so sly he could have silenced a bunch of school bullies.

"What do you mean Freddie?" Lindsey asked, slightly worried about what she would hear next.

"I've got this handled, she's not going to get away with this and she isn't going to get anywhere near our family" he said, Elsa came running over to them both.

"Can we have pizza for tea please" she said with excitement in her eyes.

"Yes but only if you're a good girl" Freddie said with a smile.

"Yay! Ruby, Freddie said we're having pizza for tea" Elsa beamed with excitement.

"Yay! Can uncle Joe come too" Ruby asked as she clung onto Joe's arm.

Freddie looked at Lindsey who didn't look so sure, before Freddie could say anything Lindsey spoke.

"Yeah of course, it'll be nice for us all to spend some time together" she smiled.

Both girls were very happy that Joe was coming with them.

Meanwhile back in Hollyoaks things weren't doing so good, Grace found out that Freddie took Elsa away and was planning on doing her up most best to track them down. Grace wasn't about to give up on getting what she wanted, that perfect little family, just her, Trevor and little Elsa. Jason was now out of the coma and was on a general ward, he was still unwell and would be in hospital for a while. Sandy wanted to be by her daughter's side but she also wanted to stay with Jason, Freddie and Lindsey were unaware that Grace was out to get them once again.