*~Chapter Six~*

"Look, Nora... I have absolutely no desire to see you either, but I had to come here. I'm looking for my teenage daughter... Starr. She's missing," Todd revealed.

"Your daughter is missing?" Nora quipped. "I'm sorry to hear that, but maybe you should keep better track of your kids."

"I haven't seen your daughter," she revealed. "But I saw WAY more than I wanted of your son."

Todd let out a groan of frustration at Nora's words. Just as he suspected, she didn't like the thought of Joe dating Megan anymore than he did. Somehow he'd have to find a way to end that relationship. Joe would just have to find himself another girlfriend.

"Don't worry about that, Nora. I already told Joe that he can't date Megan," Todd replied.

"Good, then we have no reason to talk to each other," Nora said as she quickly shut the door in his face.

"Who was that?" Bo asked when Nora closed the door and returned to the living room.

"It was Todd Manning, looking for his daughter Starr. Bo, I think we are going to have to do something drastic and forbid Megan to date Todd's son," Nora stated.

Megan had heard someone knocking at the door and had come downstairs. She overheard her mom's words and became very upset. "I'm not breaking up with Joe! I don't know why you hate him so much, but he's not done anything to you! I want to know why you hate my boyfriend, Mother!" Megan demanded.

"Megan..." Nora began but she couldn't find the words to explain.

"It's okay, Nora. I can handle this," Bo said as he put his arm around his wife in a soothing gesture.

*~o~*

As Todd was leaving Nora and Bo's place, he heard voices coming from the tree house. As he strained to listen, he recognized his daughter's giggle. "Starr?" he spoke as he approached the wooden structure.

"Marcus, you're so funny!" Starr said as Marcus told her a dirty joke. She smiled at him as they sat on the couch and he had his arm around her.

Suddenly the door of the tree house burst open and Todd stuck his head inside. "What the HELL is going on in here?" he demanded angrily.

"Nothing, Dad. I am just talking to Marcus and I -."

"Starr Manning, get your butt out of that tree house right now," Todd growled. "I'm taking you home!"

"But, Dad..." Starr cried out.

"Do it!" Todd bellowed.

*~o~*

Marissa met Brendan at the gazebo in the park. She went into his arms as they shared a passionate kiss. "I missed you so much," he breathed. "I thought maybe I would never see you again... and your dad would keep us apart."

"Nothing will ever keep us apart, Brendan. We belong together," spoke Marissa.

Brendan smiled at her, then he tugged her closer and started kissing her again.

*~o~*

Todd was on his way over to Blair and Patrick's with Starr in the car when his cell phone began to ring. Seeing it was Marty, Todd took the call.

"Did you find Starr?" Marty asked.

"Yeah, she's right here..." Todd said as he glanced over at his youngest daughter who was sulking in the seat right next to him.

"That's good, 'cause I need you to come home now."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Marissa is missing," Marty revealed.