The three friends stood in the corridor, their heartbeats racing as they saw Lauren lying on the bed with all the tubes attached to her. There was a bandage around her head to stop the bleeding that had happened due to the cut she'd received from falling on the floor.

Helen reached forward and took hold of David's hand before closing her eyes, saying a small prayer – a small thing that Lauren and Helen had both done as children. She looked up at David, smiling weakly.

"Everything will be okay."

"How can you say that Helen?"

"Lauren is a fighter, David. We all are." Helen whispered squeezing his fingers again before sighing.

"Her main worry will be the disappearance of the children."

David commented looking down at Helen and laughing before wrapping his arms around her shoulders, pressing a kiss to her temple.

"Who could have done this, David?" Cassy whispered, the tears obvious in her voice.

Helen held her hand out so that Cassy could take hold, her eyes filling with tears as she thought of her baby sister being beaten so that some bastard could steal her children.

"I really don't know."

"I mean, she was just going to work."

"I don't know Cassy!"

The woman's persistence made David punch the window, his hands remaining there in clenched fists. Helen let go of Cassy and took hold of his hands in hers, bringing them to her lips to kiss them gently.

"Stop it."

"I could have lost her, Helen."

"You've lost no one."

"Apart from my children."

"We'll find them!"

***

The women had all gathered on Gabriella's front porch. It was a warm summers day so they'd thought hiding away inside had been pretty stupid. They'd whisked up some Margarita and planned to start drinking soon while eating the delicious treats Bree had whisked up. But first they were focusing on the news that had gone round the street.

Lauren Hunter had been beaten this morning and her kids abducted.

"Who do you think would do such an awful thing?" Bree asked looking around at her friends.

"I just hope the police find them and shoot them." Lynette Scavo said violently and everyone understood this due to the twins being about the same age as Lauren's children. Susan leant over and took hold of Lynette's hand.

"The police will find the children and punish the ones who did it."

"Do you think it could have been that Hafid guy?" Edie suddenly spoke up causing everyone to look at her.

"Edie, you can't just accuse people!" Bree said shaking her head as she looked out over the yard again to the little house that Hafid had bought on the far end of the road.

"Why ever not? He's always sniffing around that family and has a huge thing for the ginger lesbian, maybe it's his way of making them suffer."

"Her name is Helen, Edie." Susan snapped angrily before moving forward and pouring herself a drink. "If he loves her he wouldn't do that."

"Okay." Edie said sitting back in her chair, a small smile on her face because she knew all the other housewives were now thinking about the possibility that it had been Hafid that had put Lauren in intensive care.

***

Unknown to them, the man of their thoughts was about to go jogging past. He stopped at their gate and waved to them. "Afternoon ladies." None of them smiled back. "Ever heard of being polite?" He teased running a hand over his swearing brow before noticing their sullen faces. "What's wrong?" He said panicking now.

"Hafid…" Gabby stood up and moved down to the fence, the other housewives following her. "Lauren was rushed to hospital this morning."

"What?" He shouted before looking over at the house a few moments before returning his attention to the housewives. "Why?"

"She was attacked." Susan whispered.

"What about the children?"

"Abducted." Bree filled in for him, noticing how his face had started to crumble.

"That can't be. They were out playing in the garden this morning, kicking the ball to and fro…"

"We know. We could hear them." Edie said through gritted teeth causing Lynette to gently elbow her in the side.

"How is David?"

"We don't know." They all said before hearing the slow drone of an engine and saw David's car drive up. Helen was driving.

"Their first day here as well." Bree said on a sigh, her head shaking.

"It's just another day on Wisteria Lane." Gabby filled in watching as Helen climbed out of the car, her boots catching on her skirt causing her to growl as she moved down to unhook it. Her hands moving back her ginger hair as she slammed the door shut before moving to open the door for David.

Wasn't everyday you saw your new male neighbour in tears.