Disclaimer: In Chapter 1

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Ragna ICE(land: She's not stupid. She was busy on a case and it slipped her mind. Right now I'm working 12 hour shifts every other day so the chapters are short because I write when I have time which is usually during my lunches and breaks. Don't worry they will get longer.

Riverheights, we come.

Fenton walked into the church, with a grim expression on his face. Carson, Ned, Hannah,

and Mrs. Hardy walked over to him. "Fenton, what's wrong? Did you get in touch with

the boys?" Aunt Gertrude asked as she walked up to the group.

"Yes, I did." Fenton commented. "Well, where's Nancy? Is she coming or did

some new mystery pop up?" Ned asked angrily. "Fenton, you can tell us the truth. Where

is my daughter?" Carson asked as Hannah attempted to sooth Ned. "I'm sure she's on her

way. Now, calm down deary." Hannah said as she rubbed his back. Ned brushed her off

and began pacing. Fenton looked at his wife and shook his head.

"Nancy, Frank, and Joe had the criminals in lock up and were on their way home.

Yet, they escaped and have taken Nancy hostage. Frank and Joe are working on getting

her free. They promised me they would have her free and here and ready to go by the

fifteenth and..." was all Fenton got before Ned threw in his two cents.

"Bull s***! I bet Frank is." was all he got out before Mr. Nickerson, and a

couple of his friends from college escorted him out. Mrs. Nickerson came up, "I'm so

sorry Mr. and Mrs. Hardy. Ned is just very stressed. I am so sorry. So very sorry, I'm sure

he didn't mean anything. We will see you here on the fifteenth." With that said Mrs.

Nickerson followed her husband, son, and his friends out the church door.
"Oh, Mr. Drew. Whatever will we do? All these out of town guests, the caterer,

the church, and..." Hannah spoke as she began pacing the foyer of the church. "Now,

Hannah. Don't worry; we'll go make a calm statement at the front of the church.

Everything will be fine I promise you." Carson said as he walked to the front of the

church and began letting everyone know what was going on.

"Alright, Fenton. You can't lie to me, what's really going on?" Gertrude butted in.

"I don't know. Honestly, I don't know anything." Fenton replied. Laura Hardy grabbed his

husbands arm. "Do you think Frank might have.?" Laura trailed off. "I mean their has

always been a certain chemistry so to speak between the two of them. But, Frank?" Laura

finished and shook her head. Fenton enveloped her in a hug, and murmured words of

comfort to his wife. "Well, I guess the only thing we can do now is help Carson and

Hannah with whatever needs to be done till the kids come back." Gertrude said before she started taking charge of the situation.

Hannah and Carson walked to the lobby where Fenton and Laura were. "Wow,

what can I say. Thank you, for loaning us Gertrude. She has taken charge of this situation

and is handling everything beautifully." Carson said with relief in his voice as Hannah

nodded her agreement. Laura and Fenton just laughed, "Why don't we go back to your

house and have a cold drink?" Carson suggested. "What a good idea, Mr. Hardy." Hannah

said. "Now Hannah, call me Fenton. Please." Fenton said as he led the group out to the

car. "Alright, if your sure." Hannah said a little nervously. The group laughed and got in

the car, as Gertrude came rushing up.

"Everything is all set for the fifteenth. You don't have to worry about a thing."

Gertrude said as she hopped in the car. "Thank you!" Carson and Hannah said in sync.

Meanwhile in Europe..

Nancy was relaxing in a cheap one star hotel before their plane left at four am. She was

stretched out on one of the beds, when she heard the door open. "Hello?" She called out.

"Foooood!" Joe called as Nancy began to laugh. She sat up on the bed and rested

her back on the wall. Joe came in with his hands full of what looked to be MacDonald's

bags but Nancy couldn't tell for sure. "Where's Frank?" Nancy asked. "He's coming with

the drinks. He was trying to find some cheap bottled water." Joe said as he dished out

MacDonald's bags. "Hmmm. he could be gone for awhile with this massive heat wave

that's Europe's in especially Paris." Joe nodded his agreement as Nancy continued, "So

that means Joe that you can't eat everything we have to save some for Frank." Joe just

laughed as he began to munch on some french fries.

"It's so great to spend my last single hours with Frank and Joe." Nancy thought to

herself. "Well, to be honest more importantly - Frank! I wonder if he has any feelings for

me. I mean we've always had that bond between us. I just wonder if he would ever act on

his impulses. What am I doing I am going to marry Ned. He's the one I love. right?"

While Nancy was lost in thought Frank came back with some bottles of water and

asked, "What's up with Nan? I have been trying to get her attention for awhile now."

"She's been lost in thought for awhile. We have an hour to get to the airport, check in, and

drop off our bags. I'm going to go hale a cab." Joe said as he grabbed his stuff, threw out

his trash, grabbed a water bottle, and headed out the door.