Sorry the last chapter was crap. I guess I got so carried away that my writers block was lifting, I let Misha become a idiot in the last chapter. I will try to do better. Thanks for the reviews.


George looked at the note stuck to the front door and his heart sank. He should have called last night, like he planned to and this could have been avoided. He heard a baby screaming from outside the house and his heart raced. He read the note, it said no police, but he picked up his cell anyway and pushed 911 and tried the door, it was unlocked and as he told the operator, the situation, he raced upstairs to the sound of the crying baby, finding the bedroom easily and picked the distraught baby up rocking her.

George told them what he knew about Mark, but he had no idea how to get in touch with him. As he hung up , he laid the red face baby down, changing her very wet diaper. Now he just hoped he had done the right thing by calling the police.


Mark was just getting to the arena when he got the call, as he listened he turned white and an anger sketched his face as he gripped his phone. The panic that set his heart racing surprised him at first, he liked Misha a lot,but the fear that gripped his stomach took him a little by surprise , he didn't have time to examine it. He had to get back to home to his girls and figure out how the hell he was going to get Misha back. He hung up the phone and headed off to tell Vince he was leaving.


Mark's first stop was at DDS to pick up the kids, he imagined they were scared to death. He couldn't imagine how the girls had felt having policemen pick them up at school,not knowing what was going on.

When the social worker handed him the baby she clung to him like a lifeline, Mark hugged Lexi close thanking God the kids were safe and nothing had happened to them.

"Daddies here baby." He crooned patting the small babies back. "Mr. Callaway...the girls are understandably upset, we haven't told them whats going on with Ms. Georgio, we figured that would be better coming from you. Mr. Danvers found the baby and he stayed with the girls, he is still here, he didn't want to leave them.

Mark knew that was Misha's father's friend from the bank and he felt a little better, Trini knew him, so maybe she wasn't completely terrified. He walked into the room following the social worker and he found the girls setting at a small table with juice in front of them, Mr. Danvers sitting with them. Danni jumped up and ran over throwing her arms round him."Daddddy we was so scared..where is Ms. Misha?"

Mark patted her back. "Its okay Danni, we're going to get Misha back home soon..I promise okay?"

Danni just clung to him, he was surprised that Trini just sat there, she looked very scared. Mr. Danvers walked over. "Hi I'm George..I found the baby ..I'm a friend of Misha's." Mark shook his hand."I'm grateful you came along when you did."

Mr. Danvers nodded. "I think we need to talk more away from the kids."Mark nodded. "The police are already at the house , putting taps on the phone,I have to get back there as soon as possible, why don't you meet me there..I'm taking the girls home."

Mr. Danvers nodded and went and bent down beside Trini, saying good bye to her. The little girl just nodded not even looking up. Danni hugged the man and thanked him for staying with them.

Mark looked down at Danni. "You think you can take Lexi over there and play with her a minute while I talk to Trini?"

Danni nodded and carefully took the baby."She is lots upset daddy bout her Mama."

Mark nodded. "I know honey."

Mark watched Danni sit the baby down in the corner with the toys and he walked over and bent down beside Trini."Hey angel..you okay?"

Trini just shrugged and Mark frowned."Angel your Mama is gonna be fine okay?"

Trini looked up at Mark and his heat lurched, she looked so much like Misha."I'm gonna hafta stay here.I don't have no family an an what if mommy don't come back..."

Mark's heart broke as he seen tears well up in her big blue eyes. "Now that's just nonsense, your mama is coming back, I'm gonna get her back, I promise and you are coming home with me right now." Mark lifted the girl and sat down, sitting her down on his lap. "That is just silly angel, Danni, Lexi and you are my girls..don't need no piece of paper to tell me that huh?"

Trini looked up at the big man, tears still streaking her face. "bbbut I'm not your little girl.."

Mark hugged the little girl. "You're my girl..just like rascal over there and baby girl huhh." He said calling Lexi and Danni by the nicknames he so often called them, Danni being his little rascal and he called Lexi baby girl more often then he used her name. "You're my angel...don't need no piece of paper to tell me that..no matter what your home is with me,got it?"

Trini hugged Mark tight nodding. "Good now lets get home..I gotta go find your mama."

Trini hugged him tighter. "You just gotta find her daddy." Mark looked down at the girl in surprise, but he didn't correct her, he realized she was right, somewhere along the way, he had bec ome her daddy and it felt right.


Mark got the girls to bed and walked in the living room where there was plenty of cops and George was also there. As he sat and listened to George his anger rose, what the hell was Misha thing, she could have come to him. She put herself and the kids in danger. Mark sighed, right now he just wanted her back, but once she was safe and sound, she was getting a earful. The lead detective Jasper Rawlings looked at Mark. "Talecio will call..after all he wants the money, thats his goal, so we wait and then we will get him and Ms. Georgio back."

Mark just nodded. That all he wanted was to have Misha back home, well that and to beat the brakes off this Talecio fellow,he vowed he was going to do just that as soon as Misha was safe.


Mark couldn't sleep and he laid back in his recliner mindlessly watching the TV. His head snapped up when the phone ring, Detective Rawlings held up a hand , signaling him to let it ring three time. Mark sighed but waited. "Okay go ahead."

Mark snatched the phone up."Hello."

"Mr. Callway..I trust you got the note,now Misha is safe and sound, all I want is my money."

"Listen you two bit loan shark, if you harm one hair on her head, I'm gonna stomp a mud hole in your ass..."

"Temper temper Mr. Callaway..Meet me alone at Harper's pass..you know where that is?"

Mark wanted to jump through the phone and kill the jerk."Yeah the old warehouse district, I know where it is."

"Good good, I'll be waiting at the Morrow warehouse ,and don't bring any cops either. Misha is going to just fine, as long as you do what you're told. I'll meet you there in a hour."

Before Mark could say anything,he hung up. Mark looked at Rawlings. "Did you get a trace?"

"No he was off to quick, we're going to have some plain clothes follow you, in fact I'm sending a few people out there now to set up. You just pass him the money and let us handle the rest. Mark nodded, but he had his own plans in mind. He was going to take this clown apart piece by piece, nobody messed with the people he cared about and Mr. Talecio was going to learn that the hard way.