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You got this sooner than I expected. I hope you appreciate me taking time out of coursework to put this up for you! I actually lost the disk this was saved on so you're lucky I found it or might never have got this chapter! Anyway, as always, thanks for the reviews, and I hope you enjoy it, even if one half of the magic duo is missing!

Chapter 20:

"Jo? Jo?" the blonde called out frantically. She didn't know what to do, the shock erasing all police procedure from her memory. She ran into the lounge, grabbing her bag and pulling her mobile out of it. She scrolled down until she reached Phil's number and hit the call button.

She heard the phone being answered and a tired, "Sam, what is it?"

"Phil, oh thank God, I didn't know who else to call, it's Jo, she's gone missing."

"Missing? Sam what do you mean?"

"She went downstairs cause I heard a noise, and, oh it's all my fault, I should have gone instead."

"Sam, Sam calm down. Okay, this wasn't your fault, now tell me what happened next."

"She was gone for about fifteen minutes so I went down to look for her. She's not here and the back door's wide open."

"Okay Sam, it's alright." The man reassured her as he heard the woman burst into tears on the other side of the phone. "Look, I need you to be sure, there's no way she went of her own accord?"

"Phil of course not. She wouldn't do that, not when she knew I was scared there was someone downstairs. Even if she had she wouldn't have left the door wide open. And she'd have used the front door. She just wouldn't do that to me Phil."

"No, no, Sam, it's alright, I don't believe for one moment that she did, but it's a question that's gonna be asked. Now Sam, you stay where you are and I'll come over."

"No, no." Sam suddenly came to her senses, "I've got to go and look for her."

"Look Sam, Abi and Jack are still in the house aren't they?"

"Yeah." Sam said shakily, "No, oh my God, I don't know, I didn't even think about checking."

Phil heard loud footsteps running up stairs on the other end of the phone before a relieved, "Oh, my God, you're here."

He then heard Abi ask what all the noise was about and Sam explain what had happened, followed by, "Are you alright to stay here while I go out an look for her?"

"Oh no, Sam, I told you to stay there. Sam? Sam?" Phil was irritated to hear the blonde was ignoring him. "Sam, wait until I get there, I'm almost dressed, I'll be five minutes, wait there and then we'll go look together. But there's no way you're going out alone if there's a kidnapper on the loose. Sam did you hear me?"

"Fine." Came the frustrated reply, "But if you're not here in five minutes I'm going out to look for her, okay?"

"Okay. Bye." The male said as he yanked on his coat and ran out his house and jumped into his car, screeching off around the corner, determined to reach Sam before she went out alone.

"Mum? Do you not think you should put in a call to your office and tell them?"

Sam snapped out of her nervous daydream. "Yeah, yeah you're right." She once again produced her phone and made a quick call giving all the details she had, which, to be honest, weren't many.

Abi was finding it hard being strong for her mother and found she had to let go, "Mum, she'll be alright, won't she?" Sounding like a young child, genuinely concerned for the woman she had got used to having around, even if it had only been for a week.

"Yeah, Abi, yeah, she'll be fine." Sam didn't even manage to convince herself that so knew that the statement would in no way reassure the young Nixon. Although Abi seemed strangely comforted by that, more out of wanting it to be true than actually believing it.

"Phil, where is she?" Sam had been frantically rushing around all the nearby streets with him struggling to keep up with her for the last ten minutes.

"I dunno Sam, I dunno."

'Oh, I should have come to look for her before you came around, I might have been quick enough."

"Sam, don't blame yourself. All that would have meant that there would be someone with two women in there clutches now, instead of one and there being another that is giving all she has to find her."

"I'd die for her Phil, I'd happily take her place right now, I don't care about my life, she can have it. It'll be nothing without her."

"Sam, don't be stupid. You've got a daughter and Grandson that have been taken to the station that need you to be alive for them."

"I don't care, Phil. I love her, I need her. My life isn't worth living without her. I love her." Phil watched helplessly as the woman broke down into tears, unable to provide the comfort she so desperately needed.

"Hey come here." The man took her in a warm embrace, "Hey, the last thing Jo needs is you getting like this. You can't say things like that Sam; you need to be strong for Jo if we've any chance of finding her. You can't say things like that. She'll be fine; just you wait and see. And you and her will live happily ever after, and you'll feel so stupid saying things like that."

"I mean it Phil, I don't wanna live without her."

Phil sensed the truth in blonde's words, truly believing that she wouldn't live without Jo, determined not to let that happen. "You won't have to Sam. You won't have to, I'm gonna find her for you. I'm gonna bring her back to you Sam. I promise."

Sam held the man tightly; not wanting to let go, but desperately wishing the person looking after was Jo.

"Bring her back to me Phil, please."

"I just said I would Sam. I promised you. And I'm not gonna let you down. I'll bring her back to you Sam."