Doug crept up the stairs and into the master bedroom and stood over the white bassinet, Aodhan was sleeping peacefully soother in mouth, his long eyelashes rested on his cheeks while one of his hands gripped his own ear, Doug reached down and lifted the tiny baby up and rocked him gently in his arms "Don't worry I'm going to save you from him so don't worry daddy is here now" Doug walked quietly downstairs and out of the front door into the dimly lit street

Brendan woke up when Ste shifted his head onto Brendan's shoulder "Stephen wake up c'mon we'll go up to bed" Brendan pulled Ste by the hand and lead him to their bedroom, as Ste started to get undressed Brendan went to check on Aodhan, Brendan stared down at the empty space were his son should be with shocked eyes "Stephen where's the baby"

"What is he not there?"

"No"

"C'mon check the kids rooms one of them might of taken him"

Brendan had franticly phoned the police after they hadn't found Aodhan in any of the kid's rooms, the police had been questioning them for what seemed like hours infact it couldn't have been more than twenty minutes, Cheryl had arrived to take the children, Oisin and Declan had refused to leave though saying they needed to help find their baby brother, the police had asked who had access to the house since there was no sign of a break in "Well Cheryl is the only person besides of and Oisin and Declan who have a key" Brendan stated "Doug" Ste had whispered "Doug remember we gave him the spare key when we went away, he wouldn't do this would he?" Ste asked, shaking now "Douglas Carter he had access to the house" Brendan said to the police officers while taking Ste into his arms

Doug was sitting on his bed beside a sleeping Aodhan when he heard a knock on his door, panicking he emptied his dresser drawer and lay Aodhan inside covering him with a blanket, two police officers were questioning him about Aodhan's kidnapping, Doug faked a shocked expression when they had told him and he even let them look around, they didn't find anything

Half the village including Doug was out looking for Aodhan, Doug had left him in the flat by himself, Brendan was still wary of him but Ste didn't think he had anything to do with it and that's all that matters, most people went home after the fourth hour but Brendan couldn't, he had sent Ste home with Declan and Paddy but getting them to leave was a battle within itself

Doug was in the alley beside the club walking home when Brendan cornered him "If you have anything to do with this Douglas I'll kill ya do you hear me, if you did this I'll fucking kill ya" Brendan had pressed his forearm into Doug's throat before walking away

On the second day the police went to Doug's flat again as request of Brendan and again they found nothing

"He did this Stephen I just know it" Brendan and Ste were at their house, the police had just left "But they didn't find anything" Ste said sitting down on the sofa "I can feel it Stephen, I can just feel it"

Brendan walked into Doug's flat crowding him against the wall "Where is he?!" Brendan shouted "I didn't take him, look around if you did" Brendan didn't find him, he didn't hear him either, Aodhan was strangely quiet on any day but Doug had taped his mouth shut, he could breath but he could make any sound Doug made sure of that

Brendan broke down after that he smashed up the club and fell to the floor sobbing, his youngest son had been taken from under his nose and he couldn't do anything about it, he needed to find him

Doug needed to get Aodhan away from his flat, Brendan would be back and he couldn't hide him forever so Doug wrapped Aodhan in his blanket and carried him into the dark village, he was sitting on a park bench thinking about what to do with the baby, he wouldn't kill him, he couldn't he was his son after all

Ste was a mess, his son was missing and now his boyfriend hadn't come home, the boys had finally agreed to go to Cheryl's so now he was alone in the house, Ste sat up when he heard the door open, Brendan walked in looking worse than Ste, his eyes were red and puffy from crying and his hands were cut up, Ste stood up and opened his arms for Brendan who walked straight into them breaking down yet again and sobbing into Ste's neck "We need to find him Stephen" Brendan chanted

Doug carefully laid Aodhan down on the bench taking the tape from his mouth and kissing his forehead "Soon son, and then we'll all be together I promise" Doug walked away leaving the screaming baby alone in the dark on the cold hard bench

John Paul was jogging through the empty park when he heard the loud wail, it sounded like Matthew when he was a newborn, getting closer to the scream when he saw the blue blanket on the bench, he saw a pale hand dart into the air as he ran towards him, the baby was freezing so he held him close to his chest as he rang the police and then Brendan

Brendan ran to the park with Ste, John Paul had rang him telling him that he had found Aodhan in the park, Aodhan was being checked over when they got there but soon after being given the all clear he was handed over to his fathers, Aodhan was fine besides needing to be changed and fed that and being cold, Brendan held Aodhan tightly to his chest vowing to never let anyone harm him again

Doug needed Brendan and Ste to believe he had nothing to do with Aodhan's kidnapping if he wanted the final part of his plan to work

Brendan and Ste had hovered over Aodhan the whole night until Brendan had had enough "Where are you going?" Ste had asked "I'm going to make him pay"

"No let the police handle it"

"No Stephen this is family business"

"If you kill him you could lose us"

"Stephen"

"You'd get locked up, Eileen will take the boys back, I have no rights over Oisin he could end up with his mam again, Amy will take Leah and Lucas and she could because you doing this would prove to her that you haven't changed so that means I would be left alone raising three babies without you" Brendan left

Brendan walked around the village in a confused haze, Stephen's words still lingered in his mind

Brendan walked back into their bedroom three hours after leaving, Ste was facing the window not looking at him "Did you do it?"

"No"

"Why not?"

"A bunny rabbit"

"What?"

"I saw a stuffed bunny rabbit and I just thought you know what Aodhan would love that so I bought it and then I saw a teddy bear and I knew Fionn would go crazy for and then I couldn't just buy some for them so I got one for the kids and then I figured I should get one for the boys aswell so then It was only fair that I get you one"

"You got me a teddy bear"

"Yeah left to kill someone but instead I bought nine stuffed animals, look like a right idiot buying them" Ste turned around to find Brendan holding a small white bear holding a heart saying 'Be mine' only Brendan Brady could be that weird

Brendan was right Aodhan did love the bunny but Ste was wrong the police didn't handle it, they couldn't find enough evidence on Doug to make an arrest so that meant he was free to do as he liked, like hitting Ste over the head and dragging him into a storage unit.

There wont be many chapters left after this I might do a sequel but only if people are interested in another one so if any one is let me know and again please review! :D Okay this wasn't showing not even for me so I hope it's working now :/