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"𝒊 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚"

Maddie started banging on the door to Patrick's flat. He opened it and frowned. "Madeline. What's this about?"

"What have you done with Annabelle?" Maddie asked as she barged into the flat. She turned to him. "She didn't come home last night. And you were going on about locking her up. Where is she?"

Patrick frowned as he looked to her. "I don't know where she is. I haven't seen her. Are you sure she's not hiding in the house?"

Maddie shook her head. "No. She isn't. She didn't come home. I stayed up all night waiting for her. Patrick, promise me you haven't done anything to her," she mumbled.

"I haven't. I was wrong for trying to lock her away. She is my second chance. And I don't want to mess that up," Patrick told her. He sighed. "We will find her."

Maddie wiped away her tears. She looked to him. "She's never stayed out all night before. She's so fragile at the moment," she said.

"I will do all I can to find her. I promise."

****

Annabelle looked up as Sienna walked in. "Y-You need to let me go. My mum will be looking for me," she mumbled.

"I'm your mummy. I've found you my little girl."

"No. M-Maddie is my mum. Patrick is my dad. You're my sister," Annabelle mumbled. She groaned. "S-Sienna. Please. I'm pregnant."

Sienna smiled. "I know sweetheart. It's going to be okay. I'm here now. And when the baby is born, we're going to go away. We're going to leave here and start a new life in Spain," she told her.

Annabelle shook her head. "No! You're not my mum! You're- ow."

"Sophie?"

Annabelle blinked. She shook her head. "My name is Annabelle. I'm not your Sophie. Please," she sobbed.

Sienna looked to her and frowned. "Are you okay darling?" She asked.

"I want my mum."

"I am your mum."

"No you're not. You're my sister. Please Sienna," Annabelle mumbled. She groaned again. "I-I need help."

****

Maddie lay in bed with Patrick. She sighed. "I can't believe I've been having sex with you while my daughter is missing," she mumbled.

"We have a connection. We needed to have this happen. We're going to go out and find Annabelle now," Patrick told her.

Maddie was about to speak when Patrick's phone rang;

Patrick// hello?
Annabelle// daddy? Daddy I need your help. S-Sienna. Help me
Patrick// Annabelle. Where are you?
Annabelle// I-I don't know. Daddy. I'm bleeding really bad... no Sienna!

The phone cut off. Maddie felt sick. "Your daughter is dead when I get my hands on her," she said as she quickly got dressed. "Where would she take her?"

"Her mother's house."

"Then that's where I'm going. And you're going to take me there. Right now," Maddie told him.

"Let me do this. Sienna is fragile."

"Oh she'll be fragile when I've finished with her," Massie said as she looked to him.

****

"You stupid girl! They're going to take me from you again!" Sienna yelled.

"You are NOT my mum! You have to let me go!" Annabelle said. She looked to her. "Sienna please. I'm not well."

Sienna shook her head. "No. They're going to take me away from you again. You're my baby. And I'm not going to let them split us up."

Annabelle was feeling sick and dizzy. She looked to her. "I-If you're really my mum, then you'd get me to a hospital. I'm pregnant and I'm bleeding. Please."

"Sienna!"

"Dad!" Annabelle yelled. She saw Sienna who looked mad. "Please Sienna."

The door flew off the hinges. Patrick came in with Maddie behind her. "Anna. Oh my god. Are you okay?" Maddie asked.

"N-No. I'm bleeding and my stomach hurts," Annabelle mumbled. She saw Sienna had ran from the room. "W-Where is she?"

"Shush. It's okay. We're gonna get you to a hospital," Maddie told her as Patrick lifted her up.

****

"I can't find a heartbeat. I'm sorry."

Annabelle blinked back tears as the nurse walked out the room. Maddie came in. "Anna?"

"Mummy. I lost my baby," Annabelle sobbed. She looked to her. "I wanted to keep it."

Maddie held her in her arms and smiled. "It's gonna be okay darling. I promise. Sienna won't come anywhere near you again," she told her.

Patrick came into the room. He saw how broken Annabelle looked. He sighed. "The police are out looking for Sienna. Annabelle, I'm sorry."

Annabelle looked to her dad and nodded. "It's fine. I'm not a disappointment anymore," she mumbled.

"You were never a disappointment. I was wrong for trying to keep you locked up."

Annabelle cuddled into Maddie as tears streamed down her cheeks. Maddie held her close. Unaware of how Annabelle was about to find herself going down a dark and dangerous path.