Chapter number 26. She's in on this too.

"Hey" Maddie greeted her boyfriend Lucas as she walked into the dinner and sat next to him at one of the tables.

"Hey" he replied lightly kissing her on the cheek. "So where have you been?"

"Oh, me and Cassie went shopping. Hey, do you know anything about Jack walking out of Micheal hill jewelers this morning?" Maddie asked curiously.

"Well he could have been just looking" Lucas suggested trying to defend his brother.

"No he had one of those gift bags. I didn't think him and Martha were up to that stage yet" Maddie commented. Lucas didn't say anything he just sat there thinking of how he could change the subject. "Lucas do you know something I don't" She asked when she noticed the look on his face.

"Um" Lucas started.

"Lucas" Maddie said frustrated at the way he was keeping things from her.

"Oh alright but you better promise that you'll pretend you didn't hear this, alright?"

"Ok, I promise, just tell me" She told him moving her chair closer, eager to hear what he was about to say.

"He's asking her to marry him" Lucas whispered so she could hear.

"Really, when" she whispered back.

"He's taking her to some fancy restaurant tonight. Know remember you didn't hear that".

"Yeah ok".

"What are you two whispering about?" Jack questioned walking up to the table Maddie and Lucas were sitting at.

"Oh, not much" Maddie told him.

"Just saying how much we love each other" Lucas finished her sentence for her, putting his arm around Maddie's shoulder.

"Ok, I'll leave you to it then" he said backing away as his phone began to ring. "Hello, Jack Holden" Jack answered the call, walking out of the dinner.

"Hey, Jack it's Harry".

"Oh, hey. How did you go?" Jack asked in suspense.

"We found Amy" Harry declared.

"Is she ok?"

"Yeah, a little shaken up, but she'll be alright" he explained.

"That's good. What did Amy say about the kidnap?"

"Nothing yet, she's to scared in those interview rooms, I think they creep her out".

"You sure it's not you she's scared of, I mean you can be pretty scary" Jack teased.

"Hey, people only run away from me when I'm trying to arrest them" Harry defended himself. "Anyway I was thinking maybe it wouldn't be quite so scary if Martha was there with her".

"You want her to come to London?" Jack questioned, slightly surprised.

"Yeah, well she's probably desperate to see Amy and we're not allowed to send Amy home until we've solved this case. In fact why don't you come too?" Harry suggested.

"Yeah, sounds like a good idea" Jack told him. "I'll bring it up with Martha and then I'll get back to you later, ok".

"Ok, bye" Harry said.

When Jack hung up his phone he raced to Noah's bar where Martha worked. "Hey, there's something i need to tell you" Jack said quickly still catching up on his breath.

"What's all the rush about?" Martha said smiling at him while she finished drying the last washed cup that was sitting next to the sink.

"They've found Amy" Jack told her.

Martha's face looked overjoyed. She placed the tea towel in the counter and walked around the bench and placed her arms around Jack, "are you the best boyfriend or what"..

"There's more" Jack told her.

"Really?"

"Yeah, Harry wants us to come to London to be with Amy".

"Aren't they sending her home?" Martha asked.

"They can't until the case is solved properly, which could take a while".

"ok" Martha said nodding her head, "so were going to London" Martha added holding back her excitement.

"Yeah I guess so".

"It'll be our first holiday together" she commented leaning in to kiss him on the lips. He kissed her back and when they broke apart their faces stayed only a few centimeters apart.

"I love you" he whispered, looking deep into her eyes that sparkled with happiness.

"I love you too" she whispered back, then they both went back in for another passionate kiss that seemed to last for ever, but was sadly interrupted by Alf.

"Sorry to ruin the moment but you two are scaring the flopping customers away" Alf told them as he walked into the bar.

"Oh, sorry granddad" Martha said braking away from Jack.

"Yeah well love your shifts over so why don't you take that outside" he suggested.

"Ok" Martha and Jack both replied in unison. Then they both disappeared out the door of the surf club.

Two days later Jack and Martha arrived at the airport in London after getting a last minute flight and rushing to the city. "You excited?" Jack asked Martha when they got off the plane and headed to where their luggage was.

"What do you think, of course I am" she said placing her arm around Jacks waist and he then put his arm around her shoulders.

"I'm surprised you managed to sleep on the plane, cause I certainly couldn't. Not while I was being used as a pillow anyway".

"Well at least one of us got some sleep" Martha told him.

"Yeah I guess so. But I can defiantly tell you I'll be the first one asleep when we get to the hotel".

"Yeah, I bet you will be too. You must be really tired babe".

At about five o'clock that afternoon Jack woke up in the hotel after sleeping for the last ten hours. He walked out to the lounge room where Martha was sitting. "Hey, did you have a good sleep?" Martha asked him.

"Yeah I'm feeling much better. You feel like going out some place special for Tea?" Jack asked hoping she would, he hadn't got to ask her to marry him back in summer bay cos they were catching a plane.

"Yeah that sounds nice" Martha answered kissing him on the cheek before getting up and walking into the kitchen to get a glass of water. "Oh I forgot to tell you, Harry called and said that he wants us to come and get Amy tomorrow morning".

"Ok, did he say what time?"

"No, he said he'd call in the morning when he wanted us to come. I can't wait to see her again, she's probably grown up a lot in the last year and a half. Um Jack is there supost to be water coming out of the tap when you turn the knob?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Cause there's not" Martha told him.

"Ok I'll go talk to the manager" Jack said getting up from the lounge and walking to the door. When Jack left Martha went to go and sit back down on the couch. And a few minutes later she heard the door opening.

"You back already babe?" Martha called out, but there was no reply. Then Martha turned around to see who opened the door and was shocked who was standing behind her. "Oh my goodness Jackie how did you get here?" Martha asked in shock.

"Sir" one of the constables said as he approached Harry in the corridor of the police station.

"Yeah what did you find?"

"The nanny's name is Jackie Ryan" he replied.

"Yeah so what does that tell us, it's just another name" Harry told him.

"No it's not just any name, Jackie is Alex's mother".

"Oh, gosh, so she was in on this too" Harry added in dis belief. "She's just through here, I want her arrested now" He orded.

"Yes sir" he replied doing as he was told. "Um, boss are you sure you put her in here".

"Yeah, I was questioning her and-" Harry stopped when her saw the empty room with the window in the corner wide open.

"You didn't honestly thing I just 'disappeared' at the same time as Amy did you?" Jackie said as she walked around from the back of the couch.

"Oh, my gosh. You didn't" Martha replied shaking her head in dis belief.

"Yes I did. And if you take Amy away from me again then I'll make sure you never get to see her" Jackie threatened her pulling masking tape and rope our from her bag and grabbing Martha before she could escape.

Next time:

What will Jackie do to Martha?

Will Jack ever get the chance to ask Martha to marry him?

Will the cops be able to catch Jackie?