Nancy looked at the time for the third time in 20 minutes. Danny was very late. Dinner had been eaten quite some time ago and Angie, Eve, and Sam were all asleep upstairs in her the guestroom/grandchildren's room.
She reached for her cellphone again and dialed. Nothing.
"Do you want Ted and I to go check out the apartment?" Levi said.
"That's a good idea." Tatem said quickly.
Nancy nodded. "And I will go too." She said reaching for her purse.
"It's okay mom." Levi said quickly exchanging glances with his brother-in-law. "Ted and I can handle it."
"I want to come." Trevor spoke up from where he was playing a computer game with Misha.
"Absolutely not." Jason said. "You have school tomorrow." He looked at his watch, "and you should be in bed."
"But dad..." Jason started to whine.
Ted and Levi chose that moment to leave with Alex and Megan following behind them. Ted and Levi rode in one car and Alex and Megan in another since Alex was dropping her off home.
They walked up to the room and Ted knocked.
No one came to the door.
"Anyone got a key?" Alex asked.
Megan sort of rolled her eyes as she pulled out her spare key that Danny had given her. She unlocked the door.
"Shit!" Levi said looking around at the broken lamp and the broken vase that were on the floor. That was not what they had expected to find at the apartment.
Megan leaned back against her fiancé in shock. This could not be happening.
Ted swore something under his breath as he took his cellphone out and dialed 911.
"Meg," Alex said. "I think you might want to call your father."
***
When Chris, Nancy, and Jason arrived, separately but arriving at the same time, they found cops looking through the apartment for clues of what may have happened.
Nancy walked up to her oldest who was standing off to the side talking to one of the Detectives.
"What happened?"
"We are still trying to figure that out." The officer said. "My name is Officer Casey Ayler. And this is my partner Officer Andy Bustamante." He said indicating the officer who was talking to Alex.
"We assume, Officer Bustamante said, "that Daniel came home and was surprised by his attackers." He said indicating the gym bag that was sitting on the floor and the bottled water that was near the kitchen entrance. "It looks like perhaps Daniel hit his attacker or he was hit twice."
Nancy's face paled when she saw the blood near the water bottle.
"We will have a sample brought in for testing." Ayler said.
"Is his roommate expected back soon?" Bustamante asked. "Miss Benoit indicated that he shares this apartment."
"No. His roommate's on tour with WCW in Europe." Chris exclaimed.
"We've got what we need for now." Bustamante said as he bagged the fragments from the vase and lamp in separate bags. "We'll be in touch." He said. Both officers left.
"I can't believe this has happened again!" Nancy yelled at her ex-husband. "This is the second time Chris!"
"I know Nancy..." Chris started to say.
"I'm going to go check on Megan." Alex said. "She went down to her apartment to get something." He said and left quickly.
"Nancy," Jason said putting a hand on her arm, "it's after midnight. Danny's neighbors can hear you."
Nancy sighed knowing he was right but that didn't make her any less angry. Her son was missing and she had a pretty good idea on who was behind this and that didn't make matters any easier.
"Chris if he's hurt in any way I'm holding you responsible." She said and turned and left the apartment. Jason and Levi followed right behind.
