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CHAPTER FOUR
As Danny is changing his shirt he begins to panic again. If the driver didn't have Jack who did and is this worse than the thought John had taken him? Danny heads to his desk where Jackie is sifting through statements from John and Jacks Principle, who had come down to the station to try and help find Jack after receiving a phone call from Jamie at home advising what had happened to Jack.
Danny picks up a list of Jack's friends and starts ringing their moms to see if any of them could give a clue as to where Jack might be.
After about 15 minutes of getting nowhere with the phone calls, Danny's cell phone rings and Nicky's number shows on the screen. "Hey Nicks, what's up?" Danny asks hoping Sean was ok. "Uncle Danny, I know it's wrong to read other peoples diaries but I found Jacks, so I ….." Danny not caring about personal privacy butts in. "So what did you find Nick, anything?" Nicky continues. "Last night he wrote he was going to trick you into picking him up late today, so you would be worried and then buy him a cell phone so you could keep in contact with him in the future."
Danny tells Nicky to get her Mom to bring her and the diary down to the station right away. Without thanking Nicky for her detective work, Danny hangs up and heads to find Linda to tell her the latest development.
Linda is sitting in the interview room, her father comforting her when Danny walks in. "Hi John," he says, offering John his hand to shake. John stands up and shakes Danny's hand. "I'm sorry it's in these circumstances that we are meeting," John adds. "Well find him," Danny says firmly.
"Linda, Nicky has just rang. She has been going through some diary Jack was keeping and he wrote he was going to make me late to pick him up today so I'd be worried and then buy him a cell phone, he planned this all along."
Linda feels some relief that he might not have just been snatched off the street, but Danny went on. "But even if he had meant to scare me, that was four hours ago. Where the hell has he gone for that long?"
As fear begins to fill both Danny and Linda once more, Jamie knocks on the door and walks in without waiting for a reply. "Guys, 911 have just taken a call from down town, some kid in a call box. Danny come with me, they want you to listen to the replay of the call."
Danny and Jamie race to the operations room and the operator replays the call that came in five minutes earlier. A young boy crying, saying he is lost. He tells them his Dad works at the station. "Can you ask him to come and pick me up please?"
They hear the voice say "My Dads name is Danny Reagan, he is going to kill me," the frightened voice whimpers. Danny hugs Jamie, tears streaming down his face.
"Where was this call made from, do you know?" he asks the operator. The supervisor comes over and tells Danny, "We have got a patrol car heading to the phone box right now, Danny come with me."
At the other end of the room, CCTV coverage shows Jack standing in the phone box, looking like a frightened rabbit staring into the headlights. "How the hell did he manage to get down town on his own?" Danny asks Jamie, both now with tears streaming down their faces. "I don't know or care," Jamie try's to laugh. "I will go and bring Linda in, let her see he is ok."
Jamie hugs Danny one more time as if to check it's real before rushing out to get Linda.
Linda comes rushing into the room and hugs Danny. "Thank God he's safe," Danny tells Linda, as they watch the patrol car arrive and help Jack into the back seat.
Linda, Jamie and Frank head to Franks office to wait for Jack to return. Erin, Henry, Nicky and Sean all making their way over to meet Jack when he arrives back at the station.
Danny heads to his desk and is meet by Jackie who hugs Danny, before allowing a few tears of her own to fall, that she had kept hidden while the case was live. "Thanks Jackie, for all your help today." Jackie gives Danny a kiss on the cheek then orders him "Go, let me have a cry in peace…."
Danny laughs as he heads up to Franks office. He punches the lift for the top floor but as the doors open he heads back down the corridor to the waiting area. John, his father in law, had been told by an officer that Jack had been found and he was heading home when Danny called him back. "Hey John, where you going?"
Danny took hold of John by the arm. "You are coming with me and you can meet your grandkids properly. No hiding behind school buses anymore, you want to see your grandkids, your welcome any time in our house, you got that?"
John hugs Danny and heads back up to Franks office, Linda kissing her father on the cheek and hugging him to her as he walks into the room.
Nicky is standing next to Henry as Danny walks over to give his grandfather a hug and as Danny moves away from Henry, he grabs Nicky to him and says "Well done Nicks, you were the best detective in the room today kiddo," as he hugs her to him. "You really did do a fantastic job on this one Nicky," Danny tells her, as she blushes and gives her Uncle a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks Uncle Danny, just glad we got him back safe." "That's right kid but let today be a lesson to all you kids. Come here Sean."
Danny gestures to Sean to come over to him. He kneels down so he is at eye level with Sean and talks directly to him and Nicky.
"Now you guys, don't ever forget what you saw me and everyone else in this room go through today, when we thought something had happened to Jack and promise me now, both of you, that you will never do anything like this, no matter how scared you are. If you have a problem, you come to one of us and we will sort it out. And you ever think of pulling a stunt like Jack has just done because you can't get your own way about something, or you want to get your own back at me or your mom because we make you do something you don't want to do, then just remember what happened today. Jack could have been taken by anyone when he pulled this stunt. So you promise me, you wont ever, ever put me or your mom through anything like this again, you got that?"
Sean and Nicky both nod at Danny just as the door opens and Jack stands there, between two officers. Linda jumps up and runs to him, grabbing him and holding him. They both cry into each others arms. "Mom I am sorry, I didn't mean to do this. I got lost and couldn't get back and then it was late and ….."
Before Jack can finish his sentence his worst nightmare looks set to start, as Danny is standing in front of him.
"Dad…" Jack whimpers. Danny pulls Jack to him and cannot stop the tears wellling up in his eyes. "You ever pull anything like this again Jack and I swear…." Danny cannot finish his sentence as Linda and Sean circle Jack. "I promise you, I will never do anything like this again," Jack assures his dad.
Linda is too happy to have Jack back to be mad at him, but Danny wants to make Jack realise what he has done. Taking him to one side he says, "Do you really understand Jack, what could have happened to you out there today. Anyone could have got you, then what would me, your Mom and Sean have done?" Jack nods. " Now give me a hug cause I need one more than ever," Danny tells Jack. "I love you Dad, I'm so sorry," Jack says. " I love you too son, more than you will ever believe, but you are now grounded for the next two weeks kiddo…."
Jack and Danny both smile. " Wow, I figured I would be eighteen before you ever let me out again!"
Danny laughs as he hugs Jack to him and nods over to John his father in law. "Hey kids, remember how you sometimes ask why you never get to see your mom's family. Well guess what, today you can see your Moms father. He has come to see you."
John steps forward as the whole room turns to look at him. "You're the bus man," Jack says, not wanting to leave his Daddy's side. "That's right Jack," Danny reassures him. Your grandfather works at your school and now you all know who one another are, so you will be to see a lot more of each other won't you?"
Danny nudges Jack forward to say hello to his Grandfather properly. Sean moves first. " Have you got any candy?" Linda pulls Sean away telling him no to be so rude, but John laughs.
"Got none today, but how about I call over at the weekend, if that's if it's ok…?"
"That would be great," Danny tells him. "Well, its getting late, we really must be heading back." John once again hugs Linda and says his final farewells before heading home to tell his wife where he has been.