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Rachel was surprised at how quickly the police turned up, albeit a pleasant one. It had only been five minutes since her reassuring chat with Eddie, when a sharp knock was heard on the office door. Even so, 300 seconds had never been more painful - she couldn't help but anticipate the worst. It was poison in her blood.

'Come in.' she stated flatly, whilst attempting to clear her throat of the anxiousness arising.

The duo who entered looked far more composed than Rachel felt, and probably appeared. With this thought, her mind began to wander, and she found herself questioning how they manage to remain so calm and collected.

'Hi, you must be Rachel Mason… and Eddie Lawson i presume?' the male officer queried, as he simultaneously brought his ID into view, 'I'm PC Daniel Harbridge, and this is my colleague PC Helen Ash. Can we take a seat?'

'Yes yes, of course.' Rachel responded as all four adults sat down and made personal aims to get to the bottom of this situation.

After a few awkward minutes, of discussing how Bianka had been allowed to leave the site with her potentially harmful father, the inevitable question was posed.

'So, do either of you have an inkling regarding the whereabouts of Bianka and Gary Vale?'

The senior members of staff exchanged a glance - Eddie knew instantly that Rachel was unsure of how to answer this one; she needed his help, and as always, he was willing to give her just that.

'We don't, no…' Eddie commented, approaching the subject cautiously, 'but, a year 9 student saw Bianka getting into a white Volkswagen van just before we contacted you guys. And her brother Michael is still in school, he might be able to give us a starting point.'

'I think that would be a good start,' PC Ash nodded thoroughly.

With that Rachel left to collect Michael; luckily he was in a nearby English classroom, so just over a minute later, the pair were back in her office.

'So, Michael,' PC Harbridge began, 'We are just here to ask you a few questions, see if we can get to the bottom of this little incident. Is that alright?'

Michael nodded solemnly, he would try anything as long as his big sister came back safe. First though, he needed to reverse the roles and ask them something.

'Where's my mum? I want her.'

Rachel decided to take the lead on this one, the poor child needed a recognisable voice, 'Miss Campbell has rang her, she said she can't get away from work… but she said to keep her posted.' The headmistress had to try her upmost to hide the disgust in her voice when she spoke these words. How could a mother not want to be there to comfort her own son? To help find out where her daughter was? Rachel's heart shattered as Michael's head drooped even closer to the ground, she wanted nothing more than to comfort the boy. Equally though, she knew that their priority right now was to find Bianka before it was too late.

'Do you have any idea where your Dad might have taken Bianka?' PC Ash broke the unsettling silence with this all important question.

'There's this… caravan park he used to take us to. It was by a lake.'

'And do you know what it's called Michael?' The boy shook his head in response - shattering the rising hopes of everyone else in the room, 'maybe if we get a map out, could that help?' the officer pushed, only receiving a mere shrug from Michael; it was still worth a shot though.

Rachel couldn't sit here anymore, twiddling her thumbs. She had to do something, or she would forever dump the responsibility of this incident on her own shoulders. This is why she excused herself from the discussion, swiftly followed by Eddie whose concern was ever growing once again.

'Rachel! Where are you going?' He asked, softening his tone in the hope that it would calm her obvious nerves.

'I can't just sit there Eddie, you know, we are getting nowhere. I need to go and look for them myself.'

The man flew his hands up in the air, flabbergasted that Rachel was prepared to put herself in this sort of danger once again, 'we have no idea where they are… we aren't going to find them without the help of the police.'

'I have to try,' she squeezed his wrist in appreciation, at the same time flashing him an apologetic smile. In the back of her mind, she realised how similar this conversation was to the one they both had after Rachel had ran into school after Denzil. There was a difference though, she had managed to comprehend and value Eddie's concern, rather than taking it the wrong way to ultimately snap at him. Rachel was glad of this, he deserved that above all people.

'Rach wait,' he pulled her back gently, hoping he could make her see sense, 'if you are sure about going, let me come with you,' she glanced at the ground in uncertainty, which made Eddie worry her answer would be no, 'please,' he whispered next, almost begging at this point.

'Okay,' she nodded slowly, 'lets go, the clock is ticking. A little girl's life is on the line here.'