Chapter two
"What the hell?" Danny said quietly
The little boy stepped back a little, and Maria picked up the baby who stopped crying and looked okay considering..
"I think she's okay" Baez gently picked her up
Next to the crib was just a baby changing bag and a car seat in the corner of the small room.
Danny escorted the man out in cuffs whilst Baez got the children out. Danny called for backup, to get another car to take the perp to the station making sure to keep him away from the children.
Danny was then able to put the car seat in their car and got into the driver's seat with the little boy in the passenger's seat, Maria sat in the back next to the baby.
"Hey little man can you tell me your name?" Danny asked
"Lorenzo" the little boy answered
"Nice to meet you Lorenzo, are you okay? Maria asked him
Lorenzo nodded
"I'm Danny and that is Maria, you will see your mom soon" Danny reassured the little boy
"The bunny gave me chocolate " Lorenzo added
"We're almost there kid" Danny sighed
They continued to drive back towards the convenience store hoping the mother was still there.
"I think we will need to get this little one checked out at the hospital " Maria added
Their car pulled up to the area they were in before and they all got out. Across the street the little boy saw his mom running over to him.
"Mommy!" he called
She came over and hugged him close
"Thank you so much officers, I will never be able to repay you, I'm Nicole"
"Nice to meet you, I'm detective Reagan, this is my partner detective Baez, we may need to get in touch again to ask you questions, please take our card just in case.
"Of course, thank you again"
"Be safe, " Baez replied as she and Danny shook her hand.
Danny and Maria drove with the baby to the hospital.
Once they reached the hospital, they rushed inside and a paramedic saw them and he escorted them inside, and found a doctor.
"We found an infant, abducted can you see if she's okay" Baez handed her over to the doctor a kind looking older lady
The doctor took a little while checking out the baby and came out to meet them afterwards.
"The baby seems fine, luckily her vitals were okay a healthy weight for her age she's around a little over five months old"
"what will happen if we can't find her parents?" Danny asked.
"She'll be handed over to the state unfortunately, if no relatives can claim her."
"Thank you doctor, we'll be in touch" Danny sighed
They watched as the doctor walked away.
"We need to head back and question the suspect " Danny sighed gently putting his hand on Maria's shoulder
"We need answers, " Maria agreed.
TBC
There will be a Sunday dinner scene soon in the next chapter or two :)
