Shawn awoke the next day. The sun beamed through the barn they slept in. Thomas was in work, and Shawn decided to get an early start on planting some of the vegetables. When Belle awoke, and Shawn wasn't there she ran outside worried. Seeing her boyfriend digging set her mind at ease.
"Shawn, I thought you were gone."
Shawn put his spade down and hugged Belle. "I'm not going no where Belle. I'm staying here with you."
"Will it all be OK Shawn?"
"I hope so Belle. I really do."
John had no idea what Marlena had planned with Daniel. They had met up with Hope and Bo to go over some details. Bo and Marlena were still confused, and upset over the revelation that John and Hope were lovers at one time. But they all knew the priority.
"Hope, I'm glad your feeling better." John said.
"Thanks to you, my baby is OK, and I don't have to go back to the hospital for a week. Thank you again John."
"We have to talk about our children." Marlena snapped in.
"I agree." Bo said. "I have police officers looking for them, but people have bigger problems in the city. I know it seems unfair, but with the work crisis in the city, missing children are not on the top of anybody's list."
"They are on top of mine. Now, I am going away today to look for them. I decided for now to concentrate on the city. It's a big place, and if someone wanted to get lost they could. Bo, you should know, I'm sure you found runaways before."
"With the amount of people we have on the streets, its hard to tell whose a runaway and whose not."
"Either way I want my daughter back."
"Marlena, I want your daughter back to, and my son."
Gerald had arrived in Trinity. He remembered growing up in a small town just like this. He spent the afternoon asking around after Belle and Shawn, but for all he knew they could have spun any old yarn about why they have run away. Daniel had already arrived in Trinity, and talked to Thomas. After giving Thomas a generous amount of money, Thomas didn't think twice about telling the boy where they were. Daniel asked if Thomas would stay away from the house for the day so he could "take the children off his hands." Gerald spotted Daniel in the town giving money to Thomas. A man Gerald had already spoken to, who denied seeing Belle and Shawn. Gerald knew Shawn was in danger now. He ran over to Thomas as soon as Daniel left.
"You." he shouted.
"What now?" Thomas asked him.
"That boy. He paid you to tell him where those children are didn't he?"
"What. No, he's a business colleague."
"He's not, and if you don't tell me where he's gone, you'll go home to find Shawn dead."
"Dead?"
"Yes. That boy is evil, and is being told to find Belle and kill her boyfriend Shawn."
"Well, I, I. I didn't know. He said he was a family friend. He just wanted to take them home. I don't want them dead."
"Then tell me where they are. Now."
"They're at my house. Its a small house, down the road, past the well. It has a brown painted gate."
Gerald ran off.
After an afternoons work, Belle was making Shawn lemonade with lemon's Thomas had given them. Shawn was asleep in the barn. He didn't hear Daniel enter the barn. Daniel picked up the spade resting on the door. Shawn awoke.
"Who are you?" He barked.
"Isabella's future husband." Daniel swung the spade back, and brought it forward hitting Shawn across the head. Shawn fell down motionless. "Now, where is Isabella?" He thought.
"Shawn, I thought you were gone."
Shawn put his spade down and hugged Belle. "I'm not going no where Belle. I'm staying here with you."
"Will it all be OK Shawn?"
"I hope so Belle. I really do."
John had no idea what Marlena had planned with Daniel. They had met up with Hope and Bo to go over some details. Bo and Marlena were still confused, and upset over the revelation that John and Hope were lovers at one time. But they all knew the priority.
"Hope, I'm glad your feeling better." John said.
"Thanks to you, my baby is OK, and I don't have to go back to the hospital for a week. Thank you again John."
"We have to talk about our children." Marlena snapped in.
"I agree." Bo said. "I have police officers looking for them, but people have bigger problems in the city. I know it seems unfair, but with the work crisis in the city, missing children are not on the top of anybody's list."
"They are on top of mine. Now, I am going away today to look for them. I decided for now to concentrate on the city. It's a big place, and if someone wanted to get lost they could. Bo, you should know, I'm sure you found runaways before."
"With the amount of people we have on the streets, its hard to tell whose a runaway and whose not."
"Either way I want my daughter back."
"Marlena, I want your daughter back to, and my son."
Gerald had arrived in Trinity. He remembered growing up in a small town just like this. He spent the afternoon asking around after Belle and Shawn, but for all he knew they could have spun any old yarn about why they have run away. Daniel had already arrived in Trinity, and talked to Thomas. After giving Thomas a generous amount of money, Thomas didn't think twice about telling the boy where they were. Daniel asked if Thomas would stay away from the house for the day so he could "take the children off his hands." Gerald spotted Daniel in the town giving money to Thomas. A man Gerald had already spoken to, who denied seeing Belle and Shawn. Gerald knew Shawn was in danger now. He ran over to Thomas as soon as Daniel left.
"You." he shouted.
"What now?" Thomas asked him.
"That boy. He paid you to tell him where those children are didn't he?"
"What. No, he's a business colleague."
"He's not, and if you don't tell me where he's gone, you'll go home to find Shawn dead."
"Dead?"
"Yes. That boy is evil, and is being told to find Belle and kill her boyfriend Shawn."
"Well, I, I. I didn't know. He said he was a family friend. He just wanted to take them home. I don't want them dead."
"Then tell me where they are. Now."
"They're at my house. Its a small house, down the road, past the well. It has a brown painted gate."
Gerald ran off.
After an afternoons work, Belle was making Shawn lemonade with lemon's Thomas had given them. Shawn was asleep in the barn. He didn't hear Daniel enter the barn. Daniel picked up the spade resting on the door. Shawn awoke.
"Who are you?" He barked.
"Isabella's future husband." Daniel swung the spade back, and brought it forward hitting Shawn across the head. Shawn fell down motionless. "Now, where is Isabella?" He thought.