AN:Nothing belongs to me except the plot. Everything else belongs to the great Shakespeare.
The timing was perfect because Mia's father was on a business trip in China and wouldn't be returning until next week. By then Sander and Mia hoped to be long gone and disappeared into London hustle and bustle. Sander knocked on the door just as Mia was finishing her letter to her father. She left it on her desk and hurried to answer the door. Little did she know as she and Sander were preparing to leave the house and head to the airport to get there the required two hours ahead, two other people were also preparing to leave the house, for they had also gotten tickets, albeit at the last minute. Sander and Mia rushed out the door as did the other two people. For now we are going to call the other two people "The Mystery Couple" till we find out more. Mia and Sander made it safely to the airport arriving the required two hours ahead of boarding time. The Mystery Couple arrived five minutes after Mia and Sander did. They all finally cleared security and boarding the plane. They didn't see each other until they sat down next to each other.
"What are you doing here? I didn't know you were going on a vacation with Des." Mia said shocked. Helen replied coldly, "Des came to stop you and I offered him help." Mia just shook her head in amazement at her friend's audacity to "help" Des in stopping her. The only reason Mia knew of that would convince Helen that this was a good idea was if it came from Des. Anything and everything Des said was like the Bible. She would do anything he asked of her no matter how mad or inconsiderate it was. If Des wanted to stop Mia from leaving the States and asked for Helen's help then he would get it. There was no doubt in Mia's mind, that girl was obsessed with Des. As she realized this a look of understanding passed over her face. Then all four of them settled down for the long ride to London because cramped as they were Des and Helen could do nothing about Sander and Mia's leaving.
After the last ten and a half hours of being cramped in a small space with people you don't like both couples were ready to scream. Back in Mia's hometown someone else was already screaming. In fact that person had been screaming for so long his face was turning a violent shade of fire engine red. This person was Hermia's father. He had come home early from China because the negotiations had ended earlier than expected. He had arrived home expecting to find an obedient child sitting in her room and being good. But all he found was a note on Mia's stationary that her mother gave her before she died. Edmond let out a frustrated sigh as he saw the letter. He decided that he would only file a missing persons report instead of going all out and searching high and low for her. He really didn't mean to be so hard on Mia for what Stacy did but he feared she would do the same thing. Edmond suddenly flashed back what Stacy had done.