Kaitlin was curled up on her bed thinking if letting Bradin go was right. She really did like him and wanted to be with him. She felt like absolute shit after saying that he was the reason that Ethan was taken away from her. She lost the only person in her life that cared for her and actually liked her. She cried herself to sleep.

Bradin sat at his computer continuing his search for Social Services. Every site he went to was for Social Services in other states. Hours passed and Bradin still couldn't find what he was looking for.

Ava woke up the following morning and went to her nephew's room. She's been worried about him since the previous night. She opened the door slowly so she wouldn't wake Derrick or Bradin. She found Bradin by his computer sleeping.

"Bradin," she said quietly and shaking him lightly. He jumped and looked around. He rubbed his face and tried to wake up. "Go lay down on your bed," Ava said.

"No," he said, "I need to find him as soon as possible."

"I'm sure Kaitlin will survive a few days. She wouldn't want you doing this and not getting the rest that you need."

Bradin knew that his aunt was right. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 8:00 a.m. "Wake me up at noon," he said getting up and walking over to his bed, "I'm not going to give up on this."

Ava walked back downstairs and saw Johnny in the kitchen with Susannah.

"How is he?" Susannah asked.

"He's determined to find that boy," Ava said, "I don't think anything is going to stop him."

"He likes this girl," Johnny said, "Of course he won't give up."

"How would you know if he likes her?" Susannah asked.

"He cried when she said good-bye to him last night," Ava said, "He also fought over her last night with that Tanner."

"Everyone fights with Tanner," Jay said walking into the house, "Tanner is a tough guy who fights anyone who disagrees with him."

Badin's Dream:

Bradin and Kaitlin ran up to the Social Services building and up to the front desk.

"Can I help you?" the lady behind the desk asked.

"We're here to talk about my son who was taken away from me," Kaitlin said, "I want to know where he is."

"I'm afraid we can't tell you," she said, "It's private information."

"I'm his mother!" Kaitlin yelled. "I should have the right to know where he is!"

"I'm sorry. We can't give you any information," she told Kaitlin.

"Fuck this shit!" Kaitlin yelled. Bradin placed a hand upon her shoulder to calm her down. She turned towards him and glared at him.

FLASH FORWARD:

Bradin ran up to Kaitlin's house. Her mother called him to tell him that Kaitlin was destroying her room and trying to do bad things to herself. He didn't bother to ring the doorbell or knock. He opened the door and ran inside. He found Kaitlin sobbing as she threw a desk onto the ground.

"Kaitlin!" he yelled running up to her. He tried to grab her to stop her from breaking anything else. "Kaitlin," he said calmly as he wrapped his arms around her tightly to calm her down. She fought against him and tried to get away. After a few minutes, she gave up and sunk into him.

"He's gone," she whispered.

"Who?" he asked pulling away and looking into her eyes, "Who's gone?"

"Ethan. He's dead," she cried.

Bradin shot up from his bed. He looked at the clock next to him. It read 1:00 p.m. He got up, got dressed, and ran out of the house. He was mad that no one tried to wake him up at noon like he asked.

Kaitlin sat on the beach listening to music. The sun glared on her. She could feel her back starts to burn. She lied down and sighed. She sat back up and turned towards her bag. She felt someone remove her headphones from her ears. She looked up to find Lucas smiling down at her.

"Hey," he said sitting beside her.

"Hi," she said.

"I heard what happened last night," he told her, "Bradin ran out of his house earlier and no one knows where he is. He was up late last night trying to find Social Services and get Ethan back for you."

"What?" she asked looking at him.

"I called his house around two. His aunt said that he ran out of his room about 1:30 and hasn't been seen or heard from since. Everyone thinks he's at Social Services to get Ethan back to you."

THAT NIGHT

Kaitlin sat in her house thinking of what Lucas told her earlier on the beach. She couldn't believe that Bradin meant what he said about bringing Ethan back to her. The doorbell rang interrupting her thinking. She got up and opened the door to find Bradin and cops behind him. She looked at him confused.

"Social Services didn't take Ethan," Bradin told her.

"What?" she asked with confusion. "They came by and took him out of my arms. He even had the proof that he worked there."

"No," a cop said, "Someone set that scam up just to take him away from you."

"But, my parents called there and told him to take him away. They knew that Ethan would be taken away."

"They were scamming you, Kait," Bradin said, "Ethan's in trouble." Kaitlin's heart dropped and tears formed in her eyes. "Help us find him," Bradin said taking her hand, "If you do, the police agreed that Ethan will live with you until he's older and able to move out."

She nodded, put some shoes on, and left with the cops and Bradin.