forty one- missing

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Sadly, my parents went back to London. I'm on my way back from getting Harper from her first day of school.

She hasn't stopped talking the whole ride home.

I'm glad she's excited about it school.

When we got home, I got her a snack, and then she went outside and played with Collie.

The pool is fenced, as well as the whole backyard, so I'm not worried about them playing out there alone.

Maybe I should've been..

We were all sitting on the couches, watching some show that'd i'd never heard of, when I heard the back door slam, and I heard crying.
"Mommy!" Harper ran over to me, sobbing.

I handed Ainslee to Clay, and stood up.
"What happened, baby?" I said softly, picking up Harper, and she put her head on my shoulder. I noticed she had blood on her shorts, and her knees were scratched up. Maybe she fell?

She looked up at me, and I ran my fingers through her hair, gently.
"Col-" she couldn't even get a word out before she started sobbing again.

"Hey, hey, it's okay, breathe..breathe.."

I looked at the boys, and they all looked super worried.

After she got calmed down, she lifted her head up.
"Okay, tell me what happened, baby.."
"D-daddy took Collie.."

I looked around, confused, because all the boys were sitting on the couch.
"All of us are sitting her, sweetheart."Alex told her.

Harper looked at me, and her eyes almost looked like they.. deepened.
"No.. other daddy."

No.

He's gone.

He's far in the past.

He's not anywhere near us..

I turned around, putting Harper on the couch, and sprinting out the back door.
"Collie? COLLIE!?"

I checked everywhere that I could think of before running back inside.

"Call the police. Now."

"What's happening!?" George asked, pulling out his phone.

"Idan. He came here. I'm checking the cameras."

I took my phone, checking the security cameras outside.

I watched as he hopped the fence, and picked up Collie.

Harper was yelling at him, and he pushed her to the ground, and hopped back over the fence. Collie was crying uncontrollably.

I threw my hand over my mouth, muffling my sobs.

I couldn't breathe.

How could we not hear them?

Iris and Tommy came down.

Alex told them what happened, and Iris came over, hugging me as I sobbed.

"911 what's your emergency?"
"Our child was kidnapped! Someone needs to get here!" George explained quickly.

We gave them our address, and they were on their way.

I couldn't speak.

My baby.

First it was Harper.

Now it's Collie.

It always happens when I'm not watching them.

The police came, and I couldn't say a word.

The boys showed them the security footage, and they emailed them photos of Collie for reference, and then they left.

Nicks Pov:
"There's nothing more we can do.." George said, wiping at his eyes.

Harper has been staring at the floor, silently, every since she sat on the couch.
"I'm sorry..." Harper whispered.
"Harper.. don't say sorry." Clay told her.
"I am."
"You have no reason to be sorry, Harp." I said, pulling her onto my lap.
"I should've hurt him." She said.

Harpers growing older. Shes 6 now. 6, may be young, but she still understands things. She understands all of this.

"Baby.. you're little. There was nothing you could do." Iris told her.

Ruth was still blank. I honestly don't think she can hear any of us.

Harper stood up, and walked up the stairs to her room.

"Let's put the babies down for a nap." Clay said, standing up, holding Ainslee.

Karl, Alex, and Clay took the triplets upstairs for their nap.

Ruth stood up, walking upstairs to her room.

After a few minutes, you could hear muffled sobs coming from her room.

Karl went to stand up, but Clay stopped him.
"She needs to be alone right now."
Karl whined, sitting back down.

Nobody knew what to do.

Collie was gone.

She was taken.

By her own father.

What kind of father does that to their child?

Everyone slowly disappeared into their rooms.

We all went to our own rooms instead of the main bedroom. We needed time to think and to process.

This cannot be happening.

Im sorry everyone.
Xoxo

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