Jack and Rose came back downstairs around 10 minutes after Tilly had been taken. They saw Sophia still asleep in her rocker so headed to the back door so themselves and Tilly could go in to the garden.
They got to the back door and saw Tilly wasn't there. Rose's face turned to a ball of panic. "Tilly?! Tilly?!" She shouted and ran around downstairs "I'll check the garden" Jack said, rushing outside "TILLY?! TILLY?!" He shouted and got no response. Rose ran outside "is she here?!" She asked frantically. "No…" he said panicked "Where the hell is she?! I told her to wait! I told her not to come outside! I told you she shouldn't be outside!" Rose said, taking her panic out on Jack. "Rose, calm down. Calm down. Go and get Sophia, I'll start looking and you go to the police station and report her missing" "If anything has happened to her, I'll never forgive you" Rose snapped at him and ran off in to the house to get Sophia. She left without telling Jack and rushed off to the police station, leaving him to begin the search.
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James had hold of Tilly's hand still as they reached the train station. "I want my mummy… I don't want to go on a train…" Tilly looked up at him sadly. It was killing James taking Tilly from Rose- he knew it was wrong and felt bad for both Rose and Tilly, but he knew if he didn't return Tilly to Cal, there would be consequences, and knew the only way to get Rose back to Cal was to take Tilly back. "Mummy has asked me to take you on a trip, it's a surprise! It'll be very exciting! When we're on the train, I will buy you some chocolate if you like!" He smiled and lifted her on to the train. Tilly just looked at him sadly, she wasn't frightened- James seemed nice and she had started to trust men since Jack had come in to her life, but she did want Jack or Rose.
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Rose rushed in to the police station. "Hello Miss Smith, are you OK?" The officer asked Rose, who was clearly distressed. "My daughter, she's missing" "OK… can you tell me what happened? What she looks like? Her name? Age? As much detail as possible…" "she was waiting at the back door for us to go outside, I think she's gone out without telling us, and someone has taken her. We were being watched yesterday, I think my husband has set this up. She's called Matilda, she's 5. She's got mousy brown hair, it was down and she was wearing a light blue summer dress with a cardigan" she said frantically. The officer spoke "I'll be back in a moment" he rushed in to the back room to explain to other officers who ran past Rose "OK, the officers are going to go and look for her. Can I just clarify she's called Matilda Smith?" Rose sighed "No… Matilda Hockley… I'm Rose Hockley, we've fled from my husband, he was abusive" "Cal Hockley, I'm assuming?" The officer looked at her sympathetically. Rose gave a weak nod. "Thank you Miss. I suggest you go home with the littlen and stay there, so we can find you with any news" "no, I need to look for her" Rose insisted "Miss, you have a tiny baby. I really think you should both be inside. You could wait here instead if you like?" "I'd prefer that… thank you" she nodded and he showed her to a room she and Sophia could wait in.
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Jack ran around the town looking for Tilly. He drew attention to himself as he shouted for her, in doing so, everyone around began to help with the search, but to no avail.
