A/N Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. I tried to do some research on the procedures the police take for missing children to make this chapter more realistic.

Lisa had left work early for once, anxious to pick her daughter up and find out how her first day of school went.

Lisa watched as all of the other children left the school to board school busses or parent's cars. Not one of them was her daughter though. She waited until it seemed like the only people left at the school were teachers.

She wasn't going to panic yet. She was sure there was a logical explanation for this. As soon as she got home she would call her dad. He probably just forgot to tell Lisa he picked Alexis up for her.

"Hello" her dad answered cheerfully

"Hi, Dad. Please tell me that you picked Alexis up." Her question sounded more like one big word than a sentence.

"Slow down, Lisa I can't understand you."

"Did you pick Alexis up from school today?" she asked much slower than before

"No, I haven't left the house all day. What's wrong?"

"I went to pick up Alexis from school today and she wasn't there." Lisa had been hoping her dad had her daughter. Lisa was going through all the different possibilities of where she could have gone in her head.

"What do you mean she wasn't there?" Joe asked obviously wondering what could have happened to a three year old at school.

"I waited for her and she never came out." For someone who was so overly protective of her, he wasn't acting like this was a big deal.

"Well, have you checked with Landon? He probably picked her up and just forgot to tell you." Joe was trying his best to find a logical reason for his granddaughter's disappearance and calm Lisa down at the same time.

"No, I haven't but I will" she hoped her dad was right.

Lisa was starting to panic. She called him at work and found out that Landon hadn't picked her up from school either. Who else could she have gone with if neither Landon nor her dad had picked Alexis up from school. There was one last person that might be able to tell her something. She hopped back into her car to head back to the school to talk to Alexis's teacher. When she arrived back to the school and entered the building she found out that unfortunately everyone had left for the day. She wasn't going to wait any longer, for a "logical" explanation she had no other choice but to go talk to the local police

She sprinted into the police department anxious for them to find out what happened to her daughter. Everyone looked up when she rushed through the doors.

"My daughter's missing and I need you to find her."

"You're going to need to slow down Miss. Now can you give us a description of your daughter?"

"She's three years old and about 3 ft tall. She's got curly brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans today."

"Do you know how long she may have been missing?"

"I don't think very long because her teacher would have noticed if she was missing. All I know for sure is that I went to pick her up from school and she wasn't there. And no, nobody else that Alexis knows picked her up either I already checked." Lisa answered anticipating the policeman's question.

"Thank you for the information Miss. We'll alert the media in case she's still in the area and somebody might have seen her. We can go talk to the people living in the neighborhood and near your daughter's school but that's pretty much all we can do for now. The best thing for you to do is to just go home and just wait. We'll contact you if we find anything else out." The police officer hated having to tell distraught parents that there was nothing they could really do to help.

Lisa did what the police officer advised her to do and begrudgingly went home and just waited to hear anything. Landon was supposed to leave work as soon as he could so he could be home with Lisa. He wanted to be there whenever they found out more information.

Jackson had been watching some TV while he waited for Alexis to wake up. The television program he had been watching had just been interrupted by a "special news bulletin"

A picture of Alexis had come on the screen while a seemingly invisible newscaster read information for the public to hear.

"A local three year old has been reported missing. She is suspected to have disappeared from her elementary school and was last seen wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans. If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of the girl they are asked to call the Miami Police dept. or the number at the bottom of the television screen. Now we return you to your original programming"

Jackson turned off the TV no longer interested in the program he was watching. He smacked the arms of his chair.

"Damn it" he yelled. He should have known Lisa would go to the police when her precious daughter went missing. The police had never been able to find him before and this time wasn't going to be any different. His house was outside the area they were searching so he didn't need to worry about that and as long as no one saw Alexis no one could recognize her.

His was still confident that his plan was going to work. Lisa loved her daughter too much not show up.