Bluebird

A Light In The Darkness

Sarafina
When I was brought to watch the videos of the kidnapping little did I know my future would change the day I met him. He was everything that I ever wanted in a man. He wore his heart on his sleeve and he was very patient with me as we went through everything he had available. We were very exhausted, no ransom notes and no leads. No one looked like the friends of my family and no Gradys. Preston seemed to disappear into the sea of grownups with cameras and questions.
Ana
I watch the videos and something caught my eye. A woman was pregnant or seemed to be. How did we miss that? I point her out amongst the others. Why would someone that pregnant get themselves in the middle of all that crowd unless she knew she would be safe.
Taylor
I looked closer at the screen and Ana was right, we tried to focus on the pregnant woman. But somehow she was blocked by three big guys. The last paparazzi and the kidnappers are still in jail, so they aren't involved. Barney has scanned the area over and over again.
Barney
I can't focus with this beautiful young lady by me and she's very young I have ten years on her I bet. Okay I have to get this child back and soon. There's no doubt in everyone's mind the pregnant woman had something to do with Prestons kidnapping. So we go through the cctv footage frame by frame and then we look at the street footage. Again something catches Anas eye.
Ana
Barney go back a frame, look on the ground. That's one of those artificial baby bumps people wear. It's just barely in the camera view. So they knew where the cameras were. That means someone was casing out the area. Christian we need to check out earlier footage as well.
Christian
Barney can you get that so we can look at it all. All of this was perfectly timed out like the last time. Someone made sure the paparazzi were on the scene again. This is either someone who had knowledge of the attempted kidnapping and the paparazzi setting it up. Or it was a complete setup again.
Barney
Okay here is something we need to check out, see that car, well it's been seen here as well. Where ever Preston is it seems to be in the areas. Is it possible someone gave him a tracker? Because they don't seem to be following him.
Ana
I don't recall anyone giving him anything he might wear regularly or daily. We might want to ask the nanny's and the manny's along with family members if someone gave him something or anything at all.
Preston
I was so excited about going to my grandparents I didn't hear the paparazzi or my manny telling me to stop and wait. A  woman grabbed me and held something over my mouth. I don't recall anything after that. I am in a small bed tied up and blindfolded. I think something is over my mouth as well. Mommy has told me above all stay alive if ever taken.
Raymond
While Christian works within the box, I go outside the box. I found a solid lead and someone no one thought to look at. Realtors have access to a lot of properties and one of them thought her daughters disappearance was because of losing the Grey account after everything that happened. Even after she saw the cctv footage of Leila getting into an SUV that didn't belong to Christian she tried to get him arrested. Those SUVs are used by a lot of big corporations. So here we are missing Preston. Leila didn't look like she was being forced into that vehicle. Olivia Braxton could easily have taken Preston. And she could easily hide him any place she had keys to. I decide to do some investigations of my own and put a bug in Welches ear and tell him to keep it on the DL. Ana and Christian might go barging in and if she has Preston it could end disastrously. Leila is still a missing person after all this time. Everyone tried to tell her that Christian had a restraining order against her and would not go near her. He even showed he was at an meeting out of the country when she was taken or picked up from the prison. Someone went out of their way to make it look like Christian picked her up. Welch and Ian have our sources go to work and the move quickly after finding out it is a five year old.

Three hours later a very exhausted 5 year old is awakened by a lot of loud noises. Suddenly he is told to hold on and he would be safe soon.
Detective Phillips
I arrive at a h9me with a for sale sign on it. The home is oddly quiet as we enter the place. We received a tip that the Steele boy could be found at this address.
An hour before the rescue of Preston
Olivia Braxton
I was having a cup of tea when a knock on the front door happened. Lewis Grady looks at me and I give him the okay to answer the door. Charles Grady is asleep on the sofa, Timothy Grady had to go back home. Lewis answers the door and something is off about the guy at the door he looks like a well nor a guy you would expect in this area of town. He shoves Lewis against the wall and three other me. Point gins at both of us and Charles. They ask where the boy is at? I tell them I have no idea what they are talking about.
Unknown 1
Listen lady you and I know that you know exactly who and what I am talking about. If you value your life I suggest that you tell me where to find him and now.
Unknown 2
I hate people who hurt children and a kidnapper no matter what sex they are hurt the person they have kidnapped. I have no patience lady so if you keep playing games with the life of a five year old then I will play a game with you. Wow nice manicure you have there. Wonder how it would look with w few fingers missing? Let's check it out shall we? I grab her hand and pull out my knife.
Olivia
He's in a room in the basement.
Unknown 3
Tie her up and keep you masks on at all times okay. Here's the duct tape put it on their mouths. Okay smile at the camera please. I need the key to your house and office Olivia. And the passwords as well. Because we all know you had a hand in the paparazzi assisting in your kidnapping. I need all your keys to your homes and the keys to your cars along with your identification. I am going to give you a warning, don't mess with my friends family again or you will find me visiting you and yours and I won't be so kind hearted. I look at the ID and say I would prefer just to wipe you Gradys off the face of the earth. I might just do it now.
Walking down I see a door with a padlock on it geez did they think a five year old could overpower them or what. I see the key is in the clock and take the padlock off and see the tiny little soul asleep. I tell him he is safe now and I am going to carry him up stairs and the cops should be here soon.
We hear the sirens and we drive off in their cars and watch from a nearby driveway.they enter and the ambulance arrives and we contact Ray and tell him to expect a call soon and remind him to invite us to his sixth birthday party. We get an invite to everything.
Detective Phillips
I walk in and there is the boy blindfolded sitting in the chair and two big men and a woman who looks very familiar to me. I untie the boy after we get photos of the scene. The note says please return me to my mother Ana Steele, it was on a sticky note. It looks like a preprinted message. I call miss Steele and tell her he needs to get to the hospital to be checked out.
Ana
They found him thank God. He's on his way to the hospital let's go, thanks everyone for your help. Sarafina do you need a ride?
Sarafina
I think I might have a ride.
Barney
I can drive her home.
Christian
Okay behave you two.