Chapter One

Their little boy was missing. It was the only thing they could think about.

Both knew that the first few hours were crucial. It had already been three hours.

The police had asked them if they knew of anyone who could have taken Jamie. Dan was the only person they knew who could do something so horrible but he was still in prison, so they had no lead. Finally Nathan couldn't stay in the house any longer, he had to do something, he had to go look for his son. Andy went with him, while Deb and Karen stayed with Haley. The two older women tried to comfort Haley, but the young mother was devastated. How could something like this happen? Jamie wouldn't leave on his own.

"He must be so scared." Haley whispered.

"They'll find him." Deb wanted to believe they would. Karen agreed, but deep inside of her doubt was beginning to appear. What if..

Hours passed. Night had come. And still nothing.

When Nathan came home he managed to convince Haley to lie down for a while, though she argued she wouldn't be able to sleep, but she afraid after he told her that the police were going to keep searching. They both spent an unsurprisingly sleepless night and were up with the sun.

The search went on for a few days. On Friday, an officer came to see Haley and Nathan.

"Mr and Mrs Scott, I'm sorry but I need you to take a look at something. Do you recognise this?" The officer asked. Haley gasped.

"It's... it's Jamie's cape." Nathan managed to say. The cape was torned and muddy. "Where did you find it?"

"We found it in the river."

"Oh god." Haley was now crying.

"Mr Scott, I need to ask. Does your son know how to swim?"

Nathan shook his head, unable to speak.

"No!" Haley cried. "He didn't drown! My son's not dead!"

"I'm really sorry. We'll keep on searching but when a child goes missing for over 24 hours there isn't much chance of finding him. And the cape..."

"No! You have to find him. Please."

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After a few weeks, the police stopped looking for Jamie Scott.