She was so proud of her ; she had come such a long way since she had come back to them and looking at her now, you would never believe she had suffered so much.
Placing a mug in front of Kat, Jamie hopped on to the stool next to her. “So tell me about today.”
So she did. From the moment they left this morning to when they got home, Kat told her everything. As she talked, she found some of the tension leaving her shoulders. It was good to get it out. “The hardest thing is not being able to do anything! All those poor kids out there somewhere and we don’t know where.”
“How did Daniel do?”
“He was amazing. He picked out the pictures of the boys he recogni zed. The worrying thing is that some were there with him, but then they just disappeared and never came back.” She took a deep breath. “But he handled it really well. He seems to be coping, but its early days. It could be that it hasn’t all really hit him yet.”
“And how were things with Finn?”
Kat could see the concern on Jamie’s face. Not long after she’d told Finn her secret she’d also told Jamie, who had been incredibly supportive. She’d been scared that she would judge her for what she’d done but she hadn’t. Instead she’d encouraged her to talk about it and was always ready to listen. She shrugged now in answer to her question. “Strained I think is the best way to describe it.” She sighed. “I know I’ve no right to expect anything from him, but I’d hoped he might have been ready to talk about it by now.” The truth was, she’d hoped for more, maybe even a future together, but the fact that he was dating someone told her that that was never going to happen and it was something she was just going to have to learn to accept.
“Do you want me to talk to him?”
“God, no. No, this has to come from him.” And if it never did, that was something she was going to have to accept, too.
Jamie stood up. “ Okay. Well I’m sure you’re both hungry because I know I am so why don’t you go and spend a bit of time with that gorgeous boy in there and I’ll rustle us up some dinner.”
Kat checked her watch. “ Okay good idea. We need to eat early tonight because Daniel’s got his first appointment with his therapist today. We’ve got to be there at seven.”
“Couldn’t they have seen you during the day?”
“Absolutely, but it would have meant waiting for at least two weeks for an appointment. This way, he can be seen right away. I don’t want to leave it any longer than I have to. He’s got so much to deal with.”
“Your right, it’s definitel y best to get him seen right away.” Jamie started opening cupboard doors. “I’ll fix us some pasta, that’s quick. Now go sit down and relax. I’ll call you when it’s ready.”
Gratefully , Kat did as she was told.
Twenty -Two
Finn sat looking at the pictures that Daniel had picked out. He’d hoped that he would pick out one, maybe two. He’d never dreamed he would pick out seven. Out of the seven, only two had still been there when Daniel had escaped. The other four had all been there with him at some point, but not recently. There were also many, many other boys that had been there, and were there, but whose photos were not in the book. Still, it was somewhere to start.
Taking the two photos that he’d chosen out of the book , he turned them over. Sam and Adam. By inputting their full details into the computer, he was able to view their missing person reports. Both boys had been reported missing within the last six years. One, Sam, had been reported missing just over two years ago. He’d been visiting the mall with his grandmother when she’d lost sight of him. He hadn’t been seen again since. The other boy, Adam, had been reported missing nearly four years ago. This time, he’d been in the park playing with a group of friends and their mothers and somehow he’d vanished. Apart from both vanishing within the last six years, they were both
Placing a mug in front of Kat, Jamie hopped on to the stool next to her. “So tell me about today.”
So she did. From the moment they left this morning to when they got home, Kat told her everything. As she talked, she found some of the tension leaving her shoulders. It was good to get it out. “The hardest thing is not being able to do anything! All those poor kids out there somewhere and we don’t know where.”
“How did Daniel do?”
“He was amazing. He picked out the pictures of the boys he recogni zed. The worrying thing is that some were there with him, but then they just disappeared and never came back.” She took a deep breath. “But he handled it really well. He seems to be coping, but its early days. It could be that it hasn’t all really hit him yet.”
“And how were things with Finn?”
Kat could see the concern on Jamie’s face. Not long after she’d told Finn her secret she’d also told Jamie, who had been incredibly supportive. She’d been scared that she would judge her for what she’d done but she hadn’t. Instead she’d encouraged her to talk about it and was always ready to listen. She shrugged now in answer to her question. “Strained I think is the best way to describe it.” She sighed. “I know I’ve no right to expect anything from him, but I’d hoped he might have been ready to talk about it by now.” The truth was, she’d hoped for more, maybe even a future together, but the fact that he was dating someone told her that that was never going to happen and it was something she was just going to have to learn to accept.
“Do you want me to talk to him?”
“God, no. No, this has to come from him.” And if it never did, that was something she was going to have to accept, too.
Jamie stood up. “ Okay. Well I’m sure you’re both hungry because I know I am so why don’t you go and spend a bit of time with that gorgeous boy in there and I’ll rustle us up some dinner.”
Kat checked her watch. “ Okay good idea. We need to eat early tonight because Daniel’s got his first appointment with his therapist today. We’ve got to be there at seven.”
“Couldn’t they have seen you during the day?”
“Absolutely, but it would have meant waiting for at least two weeks for an appointment. This way, he can be seen right away. I don’t want to leave it any longer than I have to. He’s got so much to deal with.”
“Your right, it’s definitel y best to get him seen right away.” Jamie started opening cupboard doors. “I’ll fix us some pasta, that’s quick. Now go sit down and relax. I’ll call you when it’s ready.”
Gratefully , Kat did as she was told.
Twenty -Two
Finn sat looking at the pictures that Daniel had picked out. He’d hoped that he would pick out one, maybe two. He’d never dreamed he would pick out seven. Out of the seven, only two had still been there when Daniel had escaped. The other four had all been there with him at some point, but not recently. There were also many, many other boys that had been there, and were there, but whose photos were not in the book. Still, it was somewhere to start.
Taking the two photos that he’d chosen out of the book , he turned them over. Sam and Adam. By inputting their full details into the computer, he was able to view their missing person reports. Both boys had been reported missing within the last six years. One, Sam, had been reported missing just over two years ago. He’d been visiting the mall with his grandmother when she’d lost sight of him. He hadn’t been seen again since. The other boy, Adam, had been reported missing nearly four years ago. This time, he’d been in the park playing with a group of friends and their mothers and somehow he’d vanished. Apart from both vanishing within the last six years, they were both
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