"Let me go." she said as she tried to pull her arms out of the restraints.
"Shut up, little kid. " a man yelled. "Your new parents are coming to pick you up. "
"I don't want new parent's I want my parents, my real parents."
"To bad. " he said
"Please, sir, Please. All I want is to with my mommy, to be next my my daddy, and near my sister."
"Well, you ask for to much. Be grateful for what your going to have. Not for what you've had! "
4:00 am. Nick woke up and turned over to face Dana. To his suprise she wasen't there. He got out of bed and went down stairs, the dim light of the pool was on. He opened the huge glass doors and went outside, there he saw Dana. In the hot tub with a glass of wine in her hand.
"What the hell are you doing? "
"I couldn't sleep, I couldn't even close my eyes. "
"What if Alexa starts crying ?"
"You're her father, you can take care of her can't you? You know how to make formula."
"Dana... it's four in the morning and it's 48 degrees and you're out here..."
"In eighty six degree water. " she finished his sentace. "I need to relax, go back to sleep, Nick. "
"Dana? Are you ever going to let go of this? "
"Our three year old daughter is gone! We may never see her again. How is it that you're not at all worked up? "
"I am, I just don't show it. I'm trying to be strong for both of us. If I sit there by your side and cry what's going to come out of it. I'm giving you a shoulder to lean on, and you're pushing me away. "
"Sorry, you're right." she said and emerged from the water, he threw a towel at her.
"Come to bed, try to sleep. Forget the past, the future and the present, just until morning comes. Clear your mind." they walked in, went upstairs to their bedroom. He got under the warm covers while she was changing. Then she entered bed, her head was on his chest, his arms around her. Suddenly her phone begun to ring. She grabbed it off the night stand and flipped it open to answer it.
"Hello" she said as she answered
"Mommy." Jess whispered "I need you, I want you here. Help me."
"Jess, where are you? " she asked calmly. "Are you okay? "
"I'm fine and ... I don't know. I'm with these people, they keep say that they're my parents, but they're not."
"Sweetie, call me, as much as you can, whenever you can. I'll do everything I can to get you back. " she explained and recieved no answer "Jessica? You there. " still no one talked. Then came the vague sounds of talking in the back ground and the connection was lost. She paused for a second and closed the phone. He looked at her blankly.
"What did she say? Is she okay? Does she know where she is? Should I go get her? "
"Said she that she needed my help, and that she wants me. She's sounded fine. She didn't say if she know where she is. And no you can't go get her." she answered
"We should call Joe, and have the number tracked."
"It was a private number. I feel so much better, Nick. Now I know she's fine. She's fine."
"Have you told your parents, your brother ?"
"No, not yet. I don't know if I want to."
"Dana, they're going to find out one way or another. If you tell them they'll have their eyes open for her. "
"You're right. I'll call tommarow, I just wanna sleep now." she agreed, somehow in his arms it felt as if everything was fine.
That morning she call her parents and told them, by that evening they were in Philly to be by their side.
"I don't understand how it that can happen." Annebell replied in astonishment to the story. "I told you not to raise a family, here"
"It could have happened any where. Dana spoke to her last night. She said that she's fine. The FBI is trying to track the call."Nick explianed
"Dana, your mother and I are here to support you. Our worst fears for you were better then this. We want to be by your side, when you need us. If they are willing to hold her for randsom we are perpared to pay the greatest amount. "
"Dad, they aren't willing to hold her randsom. A couple paid to have her abducted so they can have a child, so they can have my child"
"So Jessica was sold in the Black market." Annabell realized
2 years later. It was July 27th, Dana's 25th birthday. She was somewhat over it, not completly but somewhat. Nick had planned a huge party, he had closed a night club for her. Hired comedians, famous singers (Enrique Inglesias and Celion Dion, Eminem; ect), a DJ and everything. All their closest friends were there. She was sitting on the bar, a martini in her hand. Lana came and sat next to her.
"Great Party, Kid." she said
"Thanks, Lana."
"You don't look like you're enjoying it."
"Yeah... well"
"Come on Dana, Nick has spent almost a year planning this."
"I know, it's just that today would be Jessica's fifth birthday."
"Get over it, it's been two years. "
"I know, and don't tell Nick about this. He threw this party so I can have fun."
"Well, he loves you kid. He'll do anything for you." Lana said, Nick joined them.
"Hey, I told Enrique to sing our song." Nick said
"Our song? " Dana asked
"Yeah, the first song we danced to as a married couple; Could I have This kiss forever. Remember ?"
"Yeah, I remember. "
"Come dance with me!" he said and grabed her hand to take her.
One month and two weeks later (September) later. Jessica awoke. She looked around her room and got out of bed. Her "mother" walked into her room.
"Are you ready for your first day of kindergarden ? " she asked
"Yeah!" she yelled with excitment. By now she had forgotten all about her past, her real parents, her little sister. For her all that was equivilent to nothing for her.
