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Chapter 2

Even though they had a lovely time enjoying a house with no kids, Danny and Linda couldn't wait to see the boys the next day. Danny even made the effort to finish work early and go to pick them up from school. Sean came running out first and was delighted to see his Daddy, he was holding a bag of candy and told Danny the bus driver had given him and Jack sweets because they don't get the school bus so miss out when the other kids get sweets of him. Danny told Sean that was kind of the man but not to eat them all as they would spoil his dinner. Over dinner Linda fussed around the boys, glad to have them back. She had missed them so much even though they had only been gone one night.

Jack seeing his parents in such a good mood, thought this would be the perfect time to bring up the subject of the cell phone he had been trying to get his dad to get him for over a month now. Danny had told Jack he could have a phone when he was eleven but that was another year away and Jack was desperate to have a phone now so he could be like his cousin Nicky.

Seizing his opportunity, he decided if he harasses Danny long enough eventually he will give in and buy the phone just to get some peace but his plan doesn't quite work out as Danny tells him "Jack, you can harp on about the damn phone as much as you want but I aint paying for you to have a cell phone and run up bills buying ring tones, because you don't have any one to call as none of your friends even have cell phones so do yourself a favour kid and don't ask me again for any phone ok?" Danny turns to walk away then looks back at Jack and informs him "And before you think about trying it on with your mom it was her who said you couldn't have the phone so sorry kiddo but you will be wasting your time!"

Danny cannot help but laugh to himself as he hears Jack muttering under his breath as Danny walks away from the table and he remembers when he was a kid arguing with his own dad thinking his world would end if he didn't get the must have gadget back in the day.

Linda was in the kitchen washing up and though she smiled when Danny told her about the phone, she can't hide the look of concern from Danny. "What's up babe, got something on your mind?" he asks her. Linda closes the kitchen door over and says in a hushed tone "I'm not sure, it's just when I asked Sean who the candy was from, he said the bus driver gave them to him." Danny nods. "Yeah I know, he told me that too, what's the problem?" Linda shakes her head. "I don't know if there is, its just Sean and Jack would never see the driver, he parks in a different car park to me so why would he know who they were and why give them sweets?" "Jack told me the driver sometimes talks to them during play, it just seems a bit creepy. It might be perfectly innocent but you know what I'm saying…."

Danny nods his head slowly, the worried look from Linda's face now transferred to his. "I'll pick the boys up tomorrow and speak to the teacher. We can't go pulling files on this guy if it turns out he was just being nice to the boys but on the other hand we can't take any chances," Danny tells Linda.

After Danny has read the boys a story and tucked them up in bed, he heads down the stairs hoping Linda has poured them both a nice glass of wine but instead he finds her sitting at the computer. "What are you doing honey?" he asks. "I'm just checking to see what details you have to give the authorities to drive the school bus or work at the boy's school," Linda tells Danny, as he stands behind her checking the screen. "It says here they check for criminal records and full references are required so that guy must be ok?"

Linda looks more relaxed at finding out this information but Danny isn't as comforted by the news.

Yeah but what if he just hasn't been caught, doesn't mean he hasn't or would do anything just means he is clever."

The next morning while Jack is getting ready for school, he tells Danny he has soccer practise and could Danny collect him at 17.30 when practise had finished. Danny, still worrying about the bus driver assures Jack he will be there and tells him to wait inside the school building for him rather than on the street in case it rains, trying his best not to alarm his son but wanting to make sure he isn't alone near the school.

After seeing Linda and the boys off, Danny heads into work and due to his caseload on his desk he doesn't have much time to think about the bus driver for the rest of the day but he does make sure he finishes work early and is at the school at 17.00 hours just in case Jack finishes practise early, in case the driver was hanging around.

Danny parks the car over the road from the school and walks to the gates, the main gate is locked so he heads around to the side gate near to the sports field figuring that would be the one left open when soccer practise was taking place. As Danny approaches the gate his heart nearly stops when that gate too is locked. He runs around to the other side of the building, pulling on the locked gate and shouting for someone to let him in. Through the fence he can see the training field that Jack was practising on and to his horror the field is empty.

Fear grips him as he grabs his phone and he trys to regulate his breathing so he will be able to speak, as his punches in Linda's number hoping and praying when she answers, Jack is safe at home with her and Sean.

"Babe it's me look, Jack isn't at the school, it's all locked up…." Danny feels his throat go dry as he hears Linda become hysterical on the other end of the line. "Look, ring his friends see if they finished practise early and he went home with them. I will ring Jamie and Erin." Danny hangs up and rings Jamie who is on his beat. Danny tells him to put a call out to start looking for Jack. He then phones Erin to see if Nicky might have some idea where Jack could be. Next he has to ring his Dad and tell him Jack is missing.

Frank insists that Danny come back to the precinct, fearing Danny was capable of anything after hearing what he had told him about the bus driver. Linda called all Jacks friends but he wasn't with any of them. By now Erin had come over, she was trying to offer comfort but this was every parent's worst nightmare and as time ticked by to 18.00 hours Linda grew more hysterical.