A/N: Sorry I haven't uploaded in a while I really thought this was a lost cause. But this chapter goes out to Mathew Baxter, who encouraged me to keep going! =))

While Kit recovered in hospital, Maddy had gone back to the café to get her old job back. Explaining the situation to the manager, she was more than willing to comply, arranging shifts for her the very next day, having heard the news about the tunnel and the survivors on the six o'clock news.

Maddy was staying with Kim until she could make other arrangements, and she spent the majority of her time at Kit's bedside, which he seemed to enjoy, despite his constant telling her to get a life.

They chatted animatedly about their lives whenever she was with him. Slowly, she was learning more about him, and her bond to him seemed to strengthen with each passing day. Maddy was returning to the hospital from her shift at the HARDROCK café, when she walked into an empty hospital room. The bed was made up and there was no sign of someone having been there. At first Maddy thought she'd simply gone into the wrong room, and she turned to leave, bumping into one of the nurse's on her rounds.

"I'm sorry, are you lost?" she asked.

Maddy didn't think she'd seen this particular nurse before. "I must have gone in the wrong room," she smiled weakly. "I was looking for Kit Latura."

"No mistake, ma'am. He was released this morning."

Maddy felt her chest tighten at the news. Where was he? Her hand flew to her stomach as she felt an overwhelming feeling wash over her.

"W-where, is- where is he?" she demanded, as she struggled for air.

"I couldn't say, ma'am," the nurse shrugged. She lay a gentle hand on her shoulder and gave her a smile. "Is everything okay?"

No. She wanted to scream. I don't know where he is.

"I don't know," she answered vaguely.

"Is there someone I can call for you?"

"Kit," she stated. "I need to find Kit."

"Are you a family member?"

Was this where she was supposed to lie, and tell him she was his wife, so that they could track him down? All that she knew was that she needed to find him. She needed to be with him, whenever he was. Why hadn't he told her he was being released? Had he not wanted her to know? Had it been his intention to cut her off? Had she become too clingy, too independent on him, that he was in desperate need to get as far away from her as possible?

"No, I was with him when the tunnel was… he was the… I don't know where he is," she explained in a frenzy. "I need to find him."

The nurse shook her head. "Sorry ma'am. I can only give out information to those who are a family member."

Maddy shook her head. What was she supposed to do now.

It took her a moment to recall that he was the chief of police. If she went to the station, it wouldn't be hard to track him that way. Maddy looked at the nurse and then abruptly turned away, having on one thing on her mind – to find Kit.

Oooooh… any thoughts?

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