At eleven that morning Sally was picked up by her daddy. Her Aunt Michelle had dressed her very cute and she was happy to be going home. Perry thanked the lady and the daughter and father left hand in hand with Sally skipping.

Michelle Jones smiled as she watched her niece go off with her new daddy. She thought of her brother and his wife. They had been such good parents to Sally and she knew that they would have wanted Sally to go with the Mason's . The Mason family had been wonderful to Sally and she truly loved them very much.

Picking up baby Perry was a big day in the life of the Mason family.. Perry had his new camera and taped everything. Della was so tired when she got home all she wanted to do was sleep. For the first few weeks the baby was going to sleep with her and Perry in his basinet. Sally made sure that her mommy was all set and then went downstairs to let her mommy and brother have a little time to rest.

Della was hoping that it would be slow in the office for the next couple of weeks. She was looking forward to getting back to work once the baby was six weeks old. But, right now she was very tired and fell right to sleep.

Perry was in his study and kept the baby monitor on. He hadn't heard Sally in a few minutes and so he went out and called her name. There was no answer. He went up to her room and did not find her. He slowly opened the door to his bedroom where Della and Perry Jr were sleeping and found no Sally. Now Perry was not one to panic but he wondered where she was. He went out into the yard and walked all around she was not there.

He saw Hamilton Burger's brother and asked him if he had seen her. "No. I'm sorry we just got back from shopping."

Perry went back into the house and checked everywhere, he could find no Sally. Now he was worried.

Sally had been in the kitchen getting herself something to eat when her Uncle Steve had knocked on the door. He had a new video game for her and said that "Aunt Michelle wants you to come with me. We are going up to mommy and daddy's cabin the one you used to go to with your real parents."

Sally wasn't sure, but Aunt Michelle was her friend. Sally started to turn around and Larry the guy that cut their lawn said "It's ok I already talked to your daddy and he said you could stay with Aunt Michelle for a little longer."

With that Sally had left with the two men happily, thinking that everything was all right. But it wasn't she was being kidnapped and was headed out to the woods with no way to call anyone. She would not have any fears for quite a while yet.

But Perry was becoming extremely concerned and thought about waking Della up. 'What good will that do? All she could do was worry. I will call Paul' he thought to himself.

Paul knew that the police would not get involved yet, but he still contacted a friend of his on the police force and came right over. He found Perry a nervous wreck and himself walked the entire property in and out. There was no sign of Sally. There was no sign that she had been forced out of the house either.

The two men started walking the street and asked every single neighbor if they had seen anyone. No one had and they had not seen Sally that day either As Perry and Paul arrived back at the house they found Della in the kitchen getting herself a drink of coffee.

She turned to smile at her husband and Paul and knew something was wrong very wrong. She looked into the two men's eyes and said "What is wrong?"

Perry took his wife, the woman he loved more than he had ever thought he could love in his arms and told her "I don't know where Sally is. Paul and I have been looking for the past hour. We have walked the house many times and the neighborhood as far as the school. No one has seen her. "

Della's life stopped right there. "Who would take Sally? She was just nine years old. There were no signs in the house that indicated that she was in trouble. She cried out and said "We need to call the police."

That afternoon Perry Mason did call the police. The police came over and searched every inch of the house and the land. They too went up and down the street asking questions and looking in places that a small child could hide. But, they were unsuccessful also.

Meanwhile Sally was with her Uncle Steve and the lawn man. She remembered the way to her mommy and daddys cabin. She had many good memories there and couldn't wait to see her cousins and her Aunt Michelle.

But as they arrived at the cabin there wasn't anyone there. Her uncle shrugged his shoulders and told her that they would be there soon. Sally went into the back bedroom that had always been hers and went over and started playing her new video game. She could hear Larry and her uncle in the front room talking to another man. It seemed as though they were arguing. As she stepped out into the living room she saw that her Uncle Steve and Larry were drinking with another man and when they saw her they told her to go back into her room. Sally didn't like that her Aunt and cousins hadn't shown up. She picked up the phone to call her Aunt Michelle and found no dial tone. She would call them from the living room when everyone else went to bed.

Back at the Mason house, both Paul and Perry were in full investigative mood. Della just sat there holding Perry Jr and stared. Someone had taken little Sally and now they had to wait for a call from the kidnappers. She was sure that they would want money.