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Chapter 6

"Dad" Connor said into the phone when his dad answered

"Connor, whats going on, aren't you at school?" John asked as he heard his sense of urgency

"Something wrong dad, mom, she... a man... the code" Connor said getting a bit tongue tied, he was trying so hard not to cry but he was having a hard time of it.

"Slow down buddy, slow down where are you and where's mommy?"

"The baseball card man... she said the Kitty, the vet, that means trouble... she's in trouble, dad"

"Connor where are you? " JOhn asked as the principal grabbed the phone from Connors hand

"Mr. McBain, I'm not sure whats going on with you son but his behavior--"

"Who is this?"

"Mr. Anders, the school principal"

John wasted no time when he first heard his son's frantic words, he started out towards his car, and now he knew where he was going.

"Mr. Anders, I am on my way over there, sit my son down and do not, understand me... do not reprimand him or say anything to him. He is obviously upset and I do not want him upset more. Are we clear?" JOhn told him sternly

"Yes, Mr. McBain, we're clear"

John broke every speeding record known to man to get to the school on the other side of town. He was unsure what was going on and he tried Natalie's cell phone several times with it going straight to voice mail overtime. He placed a call to Bo and told him something was up and he wasn't sure what it was.

John arrived at the school, slammed the car into park, and ran into the school to see his son in tears sitting in the principal's office.

"Hey Buddy" John said, Connor got up and ran to him

"Mommy... the man... something's wrong" he told him not being able to get the words out, not all of them, but he got the important ones out. John was still trying to calm him when Detective Bruce came into the Office. Bruce went right over to John and motioned for him that he needed to talk to him for a second.

"Bo sent me, Nat's car is in the parking lot, purse and all" he told him

"No signs of her" Bruce told him as John walked back over to Connor, he pulled the boy to him.

"Connor I need you to just pull it together for a minute, to just tell me everything. I need to find Mommy and I need to know all the facts, everything you can remember. Okay? I'm right here, and I'm not going anywhere" JOhn told his son, being strong, putting on his cop face while he was all along still trying to be Connors dad. He knew this was killing the kid, it was killing him, but he needed to get to the bottom of it and fast.

"Start from the beginning son" John said as he sat with him in some chairs in the office

'Mommy and I were... sort of arguing and then I... got out of...the car... quick... I... didn't even tell her... no... Forever or nothin..."

"Connor buddy its okay, mommy knows just continue okay" John said as he stroked his black hair back on his head.

"I was going right into the school when I saw him, and he spoke to me"

"Who Connor, who spoke to you, the baseball card man?"

"Yeah, he wouldn't let me pass by him, I was gonna call you dad, I wasn't talking to him, I promise I heard what you and mommy said" Connor was still getting a bit upset and off track.

"Connor please son lets just figure this out and get mommy home, focus please"

"He said he knew mommy, he called her Sheryl, then mommy came up behind him, he turned and saw her, she made me go inside, and... and..."

" And what Connor, what?"

"He said they were married before, mommy told him she missed him, she said they had a lot to catch up on" Connor was emotional drained, John knew it, he knew he was putting a lot of pressure on him, he just had to ask him a few more questions

"Did mommy or the man say anything else? Did mommy maybe say a name, the mans name"

"Mommy gave me the code Daddy, the Kitty and the Vet, you know the one we are suppose to use when something isn't right"

"His name Connor did mommy say his name, think buddy, think" JOhn said as he saw Connor trying really hard to focus, to think

"Remember Connor, forever and ever, we don't get pulled apart without a fight, we fight to be together, to stay together" John told him and he saw the boys face.

"Travis... Mommy said his name was Travis" Connor told him and JOhn grabbed his son and held him tight for a few minutes.

"Connor I need to Call Uncle Bo, okay, stay right here, I'm just going to go over in the back of the room and call him, I'll call aunt Jess too or grandma, you need to stay with them till I figure out where mommy went with this Travis man."

"Bo, its me... yeah, he's a wreck... I don't have a good feeling about this, remember the hospital killer guy from eight years ago... yeah... Johnson... Travis Johnson. Can you find out what ever happened with him? Connor said last he saw Natalie she was talking to a man named Travis and the man called Natalie Sheryl. It's got to be him; it's too much of a coincidence. Okay, call me back and let me know, I'm gonna take Connor to Jess' " JOhn told Bo on the phone and then hung up. He walked back over to Connor, took his hand, and started walking him outside into hi car.

"I don't want to go to aunt Jess', I wanna help find mommy" Connor told him as he got into the back seat of John's car