The Bizarre Adventures of Doctor Who

The Doll Maker Pt. 2

Hearing in-depth about Daphne and Ethel's disappearance, Theodore rubbed his chin as he and Lila sat across from the bedeviled couple as they held each other's hands in comfort as they tell the duo the same story as they told the police.

When they finished, Theodore asked questions about Ethel and the MacDonalds answered his questions.

She came from Scotland after her husband passed away a few years ago and needed work, the MacDonalds hired her as their nanny and they've never had any problems with her.

Daphne loved her nanny, if there were any problems, she would've told them instantly.

"What do you do, Mr. MacDonald?" Lila asks him what he did for a living and Nathan tells her that he worked as a banker, he'd finished working out a deal expanding a business into Ireland, they were set to leave for Dublin a few days ago.

Nathan's sure no one in his business had any part in the disappearance of his daughter, he primary deals with small businesses. He couldn't authorize anything above that and if this was some kidnapping attempt, they couldn't do much to force his hand, he simply didn't have the pull.

"Well, what about money, in general?" Theodore asks how they'd re financially, if there's a reason for them to suspect that this' a ransom, but Nathan said they're not awfully rich by any stretch.

He's at risk going into debt keeping him and his wife here, in hopes of finding their daughter, their trip wasn't supposed to be this long.

"The police said that there's a chance they could've been trafficked, that there's no chance they'll be found," Beatrice sniffled lightly as she tells them what the police told her and Nathan.

The MacDonalds have no political or financial ties to anyone, they're a simple family, the police told them that because of this, it's likely that their daughter and nanny became victims of trafficking, and they can't hope to find them after a certain point.

Once they leave the city, that's that.

"They said it's happened so many times, it's almost impossible finding the fiends," Nathan shook his head disapprovingly about the argument between him and the constables.

The constables received numerous reports over the span of months about missing people, that it's near impossible for them to reasonably track down every lead that came through their desks.

Without solid leads and evidence, they're chasing ghosts at this point, and that alone made Nathan's blood boil.

"Is trafficking that big of an issue?" Lila inquired as she watched Nathan pour himself another glass of bourbon.

There's doubt in Nathan's voice as he said that he spoke to other people, even the salacious types, and they told him differently.

Yes, there are instances, but not on the scale happening.

Nathan ended up talking to someone who's main job's transporting women between cities and he mentioned that the rate of people disappearing bothered him, because it's drawing unwanted attention.

More, even the salacious types had their own disappear without a trace.

Since they can't reasonably go to the police without risking themselves getting arrested, they're forced to fend for themselves, and it's not going well according to the Shanghaier.

Women of the night simply disappearing during their shifts, causing a stir among their pimps who believed they ran off, leading them to accuse each other of stealing, getting into fights as they're trying to find answers.