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Tom was upset because it had been almost a week since Lucy disappeared and he was pretty pissed off.

She left with no warning, no note, no anything, and that wasn't the worst part of it. Before she left, she took all the money he told her to give to him. Now he was angry.

Throwing his coffee mug at the wall letting the brown liquid dribble down the side of the wall he tried to picture what his Lucy was doing at the time. He had just one hope…that she wasn't with that jerk of a cop she had met last summer.


Lucy's older sister Mary had called her a couple days ago inviting her to come and visit her in Buffalo

At first Lucy mentioned it only once in a while but as the day of the visit grew nearer she had to practically beg him to let her go…

Oh, he didn't really want to let her go because he wouldn't be able to control her, but he figured if he didn't her nosey family would start to think something was up and want to come and visit her. And that was the biggest thing he didn't want to happen.

Driving her to Grand Central Station was a slow, painful process for him. Somewhere deep in his heart he knew that if he let her leave only for a few days nothing would ever be the same again when she came back. He shook that feeling away and watched her board the train as if she never had a life back in New York City

That night after going to the bar and getting dropped off back at his apartment because he was to drunk to drive himself home, he hit the answering machine button hoping that she had called to tell him that she'd arrived and she would see him in a few days…no such luck.. He swore up and down that if she didn't call within in the next two days he would go find her himself

A few days passed and she still didn't call. Finally he had enough and needed to go and find her himself and see what she was doing.

Running out to his old trusty Honda Civic he hopped into the driver's seat and took off towards the only place he knew where she would be…Buffalo

After driving for what seemed like hours, he finally arrived only to remember he left Mary's address sitting on the table.

He pulled into an empty parking lot and turned the engine off and reached behind his seat and pulled Lucy's backpack out from under the seat…he noticed that she had left it in his car about three hours after he dropped her off at Grand Central Station.

He noticed that there was a Shell Gas Station on the corner and started his car back up again and drove into the parking lot and this time he actually got out and wandered into the gas station looking for a phone book.

"Anything I can help you with today sir?" the clerk asked him.

Tom shook his head no and grabbed two cokes from the fridge and walked up to the counter.

"Actually you wouldn't happen to have a copy of the phonebook available would you?" he asked pulling his wallet out from his back pocket.

"Yeah…here you go" the clerk replied throwing the book down on the counter.

Tom moved to the side of the counter and started to leaf through its pages. He flipped to the C's and started to look for the name Camden

After a few minutes of searching he was successful.

"Found her" he muttered under his breath.

"Did you need paper and a pen sir?" the clerk asked him

"Sure" Tom replied taking the pen and paper from the clerk's hand. That was when he noticed that the clerk was a girl…a very pretty girl.

"Thank you so much" Tom replied flashing one of his grins's that he had given to Lucy the day he "met" her.

The girl blushed and looked away. Tom quickly scanned her hands and saw there was no ring on her finger.

Trying to remember what he was doing he quickly scribbled the address of M, Camden and slammed the phonebook shut and waited until the clerk noticed he was done.

"Done sir?" she asked a few minutes later.

"You bet…say do you know where there is a cheap motel around here? I'm up here visiting my mother who's at BuffaloMedicalCenter getting a blood transfusion and I don't have that much cash on me" he lied.

"Sure…there's a motel 6 right around the corner on 6th and 5th street and just a few blocks down from the Medical Center there is Travel Inn" she replied not letting on that she knew what he was up to.

"Thanks again miss…and might I add that you do look great in green" he added walking out of the store with Mary's address in his pocket and his two bottles of coke in each hand.

He was just getting his way…now all he had to do was find his lousy, no good, unloving girlfriend and bring her back to reality.


Lucy had been sleeping for most of the week once she had arrived at Mary's house. She had hardly eaten because she was in constant fear of Tom finding her.

She woke up to the sunlight streaming down on her face. Groaning, she opened her eyes and almost jumped out of bed.

Sleeping next her were both Mary and Kevin on the double size bed in the spare bedroom.

They had been doing that since the night she arrived at Mary's townhouse. It was starting to get annoying but she knew they did it because she was afraid.

Moving out of the bed quietly so she wouldn't disturb them she walked out the bedroom door and headed towards the guest bathroom.


Looking at the clock wall Tom decided that he needed to call the Camden's again. He had called almost twice a week trying to see if they had heard from Lucy at all.

Picking up the phone he dialed the number that he grown so quickly accustomed to and waited for someone to pick up.

After five rings someone finally answered the phone "Hello?"

Gripping the receiver tighter Tom spoke, "Hi, this is Tom Donovan; may I speak to either Mrs. or Reverend Camden?"

"Sure I'll go and get one of them" the male voice said.

Tom was dumbfounded; he couldn't remember how many brothers Lucy said she had.

"Hello?" Annie voice came over the phone.

Startled Tom dropped the phone but quickly managed to scoop it up and put it back into place. "Mrs. Camden? It's Tom"

Annie sighed, he had been calling almost every other day and it was starting to real annoying. "Hello Tom how are you?" she asked politely.

"I'm doing better Mrs. Camden thanks for asking. How are you and the Reverend doing?"

"We're fine…just worried about Lucy" she admitted.

"Me to Mrs. Camden, that's why I called to see if you have heard anything from her?"

"Not yet but hopefully she will call us and let us know she's all right and when she does I'll make sure to call you"

Tom smiled and her last words "when she does I'll make sure to call you" god was her mother that easy to fool?

"I appreciate it Mrs. Camden and again if there is anything I can to do help you let me know" he responded lightly.

Rolling her eyes Annie started to get disgusted with him. She only met him once and the one time they met there was something about him she didn't like…she couldn't place her finger on it but there was definitely something.

"Tom, I'm sorry to cut this short but I have to take Sam and David to the doctors but if I hear anything I'll let you know" Annie replied hanging the phone up without saying goodbye.

Closing her eyes she leaned up against the wall and started to think of where Lucy could be and why Tom Donovan was so interested in finding her.


He had heard someone moving around in the spare bedroom, but was too lazy to see who it was.

He wouldn't have gotten up if he hadn't recognized the noise that came from the guest bathroom. That's when he lifted his head and saw that Mary was still asleep and Lucy was gone.

Throwing off the covers, he got off the bed slow enough to where he knew Mary wouldn't be woken.

Walking towards the guest bathroom he heard it again…Lucy was throwing up.

He opened the door and saw her heaving over the toilet…something she hadn't done in a while.

"Lucy?"

"I'm fine Kevin go away" she told him angrily.

"You don't look good to me" he replied grabbing a clean washcloth from the vanity and turned the faucet it on, placing the washcloth underneath the water.

He pulled back her hair and tied it with one of the hair ties Mary left lying around and gave her the washcloth so she could cool down a little bit.

He felt her forehead and noticed that it was extremely hot.

"Are you sure you're feeling alight?" he asked her sitting down on the side of the tub.

"Damn it Kevin I said I was feeling fine" she replied shooting an angry glare at him.

"I'm sorry…it's just that you don't look that great and I want to double check"

"FINE…do whatever you have to do but leave me out of it" she replied closing the toilet lid and flushing it all in one swift movement.

"I think you should—"he started to say before he noticed Lucy swaying from side to side…and before she crumpled in his arms.


Mary had heard Kevin and Lucy arguing while she was still trying to sleep.

Mumbling to herself she tried to figure out who was going to get yelled at first…Kevin or Lucy.

Grabbing Lucy's bathrobe that she had brought with her she wrapped it around as much as she could before walking to the door…just in enough time to see her little sister crumple into Kevin's arms.

"Lucy!!" she practically screamed running towards the bathroom door.

"Mary…sshhh it's ok" Kevin whispered picking Lucy up and carrying her to the hallway.

"What happened?"

"I think she passed out"

"From what?"

"I'm not sure but I think she has a fever. When I felt her forehead it was pretty hot"

"Should we take her to a doctor? Or the hospital?"

Kevin stared at Mary for a few moments and shifted Lucy in his arms so her weight was even.

"I don't think we should take her to a hospital it would give Tom a chance to know where she is" he stated.

"Well there's a free clinic on 34th Street. We could take her there"

"That will have to work. Why don't you grab her purse and change your clothes and I'll go load her in my car"

"All right" Mary replied quickly running to her room and throwing on a pair of clothes within a matter of seconds.

She heard Kevin go out the front door while she was searching for Lucy's purse when the phone rang.

"Hello?" she said sounding annoyed.

"Mary? Its Tom Donovan Lucy's boyfriend I was just calling to see if you have heard from Lucy at all? I'm getting really worried about her"

"I bet your real worried…jerk" Mary thought.

Clearing her throat Mary started to speak "I'm sorry Tom I haven't heard anything from Lucy either. I know my parents are real worried. It's just not like Lucy to do something like this…she has always been the responsible one in our family…well besides Matt" she replied giving a little laugh.

Giving a little chuckle Tom could sense there was something Mary wasn't telling him.

"Well if you do hear from her will you tell her to give me a call? I miss her so much Mary my heart aches to think that she's out there by herself not wanting anyone to know where she's at"

I bet your heart aches jack ass. If you ever lay a hand on my sister again I'll kill you myself

She had to shake her head a couple of times to get that thought out of her mind. She desperately wanted to say that to him but knew if she did it would give away everything that she and Kevin had worked on.

"I'll definitely tell her that Tom. I am running late for a meeting so I will have to talk to you later" she answered back swiftly hanging up the phone without saying goodbye.

"MARY" Kevin yelled from the bottom of the stairs "ARE YOU READY?"

Mary scanned the room again looking for Lucy's purse when she remembered that they had left it on the living room table when she came in last night.

Running down the stairs she ran into the living room grabbed Lucy's purse and her own and headed out the door with only one thought crossing her mind

No matter what it took there would be no way in hell that man would ever touch her little sister again. Even if it meant her having to kill him just to protect Lucy.