Peter returned to Steve and knelt beside the couch where he was lying.
"Dad!" Peter called him again.
Steve hardly had the strength to answer.
"Go home and call your mom, please. I miss her," Steve whispered.
"I'm not leaving here without you," Peter stood up and looked for Steve's things. He found his father's wallet, phone and gun hidden in a box on top of a closet and put everything in his backpack. He went up the basement stairs and opened the door just as he had opened the back door. It took longer, but he did it.
Peter opened the door very slowly and saw that Stella had already gone to the bedroom. He could hear the sound of the TV in her room.
"Think, Peter," he said to himself.
Peter closed the door very slowly and went down the stairs.
"Dad, I'm sorry. I can't climb the stairs with you in these conditions without making a noise. I'm going to wait some more time and I'm going to go out. I'm going to get mom and the police. Okay?"
"Okay," Steve replied.
Peter kissed Steve's forehead. "I love you."
Peter left the basement, went to the kitchen and took the key to the back door on the table and left the house.
Catherine was leaving the house when Peter arrived.
"Peter!" Catherine hugged him tightly.
"I found him, Mom."
"What?" Catherine asked.
"I found Dad. His ex wife took him hostage," Peter told Catherine.
"Oh, my God! And how's he doing, Peter? How did you find him? Why did he go to her house?" Catherine asked.
"We don't have time for jealous now, Mom. We need to go get my dad. Come on!"
"Sorry, son. You are right."
Catherine didn't know whether to call the HPD or the team. She was upset with Danny because he didn't help looking for Peter. She then called Junior.
"Junior, I need help to get Steve. Peter found him."
"And where is he?" Junior asked.
"He's twenty minutes from here, doped in the basement of his ex wife's house," Catherine replied.
"Are there many in the house?" Junior asked.
"No. It's just her. I could handle this without disturbing you, but Peter alone can't get Steve out of the basement.
"I'm on my way, Catherine. I'm going to your house to pick you up and Peter," Junior replied.
"Thank you so much, Junior. I know I can always count on your help," Catherine told him.
"Yes, you can. Always."
Junior got up to get dressed and woke Tani up unintentionally.
"Where are you going? It's three in the morning!" Tani said.
"I'm going to help Catherine. Peter found out where Steve is."
"And where is he?" Tani asked.
"Close," Junior replied. He put on his shoes quickly and kissed Tani. "See you later."
"Keep me informed, Junior."
"Okay, Tani. Tell the kids that I love them."
"Be safe," she said.
Stella was sleeping and woke up to a noise coming from the basement. She tried to open the nightstand drawer to get a gun when she saw that Catherine was already beside her bed.
"Don't touch that!" Catherine told her.
"Are you going to shoot me?" Stella asked Catherine.
"Don't doubt it," Catherine replied.
"Okay, I lost" Stella said to Catherine.
"Get up and face the wall and put your hands back," Catherine ordered.
Stella did as Catherine asked, but Catherine approached cautiously. "Don't try to react or I shoot. You don't know how angry I am at you. You doped him, you hurt him, you took away his dignity, you made my love suffer," Catherine told Stella.
"He also made me suffer a lot," Stella replied.
"Shut up!" Catherine said and handcuffed her.
Catherine handcuffed her and locked her in the room. She called the HPD to take Stella and called an ambulance for Steve. She went down to the basement and knelt beside him.
"We thought it best to wait for the ambulance to arrive to get him out of here," Junior told Catherine.
"Okay," she replied to Junior and then looked at Steve.
"Steve, it's me," she said.
"Cath?" Steve murmured.
"Yes, my love. It's me."
"Why did you take so long?" he asked.
"Forgive me, I couldn't find you. But our son found you, and you're going to be home soon," Catherine told him.
"I love you, and I thought I would never see you again," he replied.
"But I'm here now," she said as she stroked his face.