Nancy was in tears as she quickly got into the taxi. She was breaking her own heart but she thought it might protect them in the long run. She knew what she had to do. The only thing she could think about in this moment was her daughter. She had got a phone call early in the morning although the voice was distorted they made a bargain with her, she was to meet them at Central Park. She was trading herself for her daughter. If she did what she was told they would drop Elizabeth off at Grant Enterprises.
Carson wheeled into the dining room, "any progress?"
Frank and Anna whipped around stunned to see him. Frank blurted out, "what the hell?"
Carson gave him an odd look and Anna quickly added to that, "Nancy said she was leaving and you were waiting in a hotel room."
"This is the first I have heard about it."
"Damn it, Nan." Anna yelled and stormed out to go get her security to look for her. Frank sighed and Carson said, "Will someone please inform me what my daughter has done now?"
"She lied to us and I don't know why."
Biff quickly stepped off the elevator and entered the room holding something, "Frank, come here."
Frank rushed over to Biff to see his beautiful baby girl wrapped in a blanket. He quickly grabbed her and kissed her face, "Oh Lizzy, you are okay." Biff looked grim and Carson wheeled over, "Where is Nan, she will be so excited."
Biff handed Carson a note that still had a safety pin attached to it.
Thank Nancy for the return of your precious Elizabeth. Since Nancy was such a good girl and followed direction so I took her on a field trip to your stomping grounds. So will Anna play mommy and wife to 2 kids and 2 Hardy Boys?
A mystery you can't solve tsk tsk
Carson was pale and just passed the note to Frank who was talking softly to his daughter checking to make sure she was okay, "Frank read this, besides I want to hold my granddaughter." He handed Elizabeth over to Carson and read the note. The more he read the more upset he got, how dare Nancy do this to him, but at the same times Elizabeth was safe. Biff grabbed the paper before he could crumble it and when ran into the foyer, "security said Elizabeth was dropped off in the lobby." She froze when she saw Biff, Carson, and Frank. She rushed to her Uncle who was still holding Elizabeth. "May I hold her?"
Carson passed her Elizabeth and she covered her in kisses, "We got to tell Nan." Frank looked at her and was almost in tears, "Nancy traded herself and whoever is behind this took her to Bayport. Anna was shocked, "Joe and George are on their way back. I will call to get the plane ready. Biff can you tell everyone a family meeting in the war room. I also want the head of the building security here." Biff nodded and went off to do his job. Anna looked at Frank, "go put Lizzy in Kendall's crib, the two of them can sleep together. Aunt T is in there with her." He nodded and took Elizabeth up the stairs.
Within two hours everyone was gathered in the dining room. Anna was standing in front of everyone pacing. She had enough of people pushing her and her family around, and she was going to come out of this fighting. "Okay, Todd and Biff, I want security heightened. This building needs to be completely safe at all hours, Todd. I also want you to get me everything from yesterday, I don't care how little or insignificant it seems. I want tapes, visitor logs. I even want to know who was or wasn't in the building working."
"Of course, Mrs. Hardy, I will go right now and take care of it. Expect it all tonight."
"Thank you Todd, and hire more security. I want the best." He nodded and quickly left the penthouse. Her family and friends could only chuckle she was in CEO business woman mode, and they hardly saw it. Joe had seen it enough to know she meant business. "Biff, I want everyone to have at least one security person with them at all times. I want our family completely protected."
"Anna, isn't that a little much?" Fenton spoke up. Anna turned to him, "Okay, I will compromise. Open to suggestions."
"I want Elizabeth and Kendall to each have one." Frank quickly said and Joe nodded in agreement and added, "let's also have the girls with one."
"That's sounds okay to me. The jet is waiting on us to leave."
Gertrude spoke up, "Anna, sweetie, I will stay behind with Ms. Miller. She and I have become such good friends. I don't want to leave her. She is being release tomorrow."
Bess quickly spoke up, "Michael and I will stay and help them."
Anna nodded at them, "that's fine with me. We will leave two bodyguards here with you."
Laura spoke up, "I really think it's important we stay together."
"We can stay at mine and Anna's house. The dining room there can be the new war room." Joe was trying to make a joke but he couldn't even make a good one.
Fenton quickly spoke up and stood up beside Anna, "This is a good idea. You have enough room and your house has good security now. I think that keeping everyone together eliminates some of the threat."
"We have our game plan, let's all pack." Anna said and everyone hurried to gather their things. Bess said to them, "We will start getting all these files and notes packed."
Anna and George looked at Bess and added, "we will be back to help once we pack."
They were all on the airplane minus Michael, Bess, and Gertrude they were all staying in the city with Ms. Miller. Fenton, Biff and Frank were closer to the front of the plane still going through files. Bess, George, and Anna had taken an hour to make sure the war room was organized and put in boxes so that they would easily unpack it in Joe and Anna's dining room. Laura and George were watching the girls.
Joe smiled at his wife was curled in the back of the airplane on her Ipad, "baby, what you doing?"
"Dealing with security issues, trying to get the entire camera feed together for you guys."
Joe took a seat beside her and took her Ipad out of her hand, "I need to talk to you about something Ms. Miller told me."
"What?"
"She said you were almost kidnapped when Nancy and you were in Central Park."
"I don't remember that, Joe."
"She said you were both at the park with your mom, Central Park. Nancy screamed so much, they didn't get you. After that Nancy stopped visiting."
Anna's eyebrows scrunched together as she was trying desperately to remember, "I can't remember, and if Nan does she never told me. It would explain how she has been acting. She isn't acting like my Nancy."
"Well, I don't think we should worry about this. Let's focus on who is doing this."
Anna nodded and curled up against Joe and slept.
Sorry for skipping around some... wonder who is behind all this? Thanks for reading and reviewing!