Hayden looked stern as he said, "Grandma won't let us go look for Mommy if we told her about it."

Layla puffed her cheeks and looked a little torn as she said, "Okay… Let's just go find Mommy, then! What if Dirtbag Dad's picking on her?"

Hayden pursed his lips, then came to a decision after a quick deliberation.

"I'll go alone. You wait at home. Come up with an excuse if Grandma comes back," he said, then left the house.

As Layla watched the room door close behind Hayden, she blinked a couple of times. Two streams of tears rolled down her cheeks.

How could she allow Hayden to go after Dirtbag Dad by himself?

What if he got caught?

She could not lose her big brother!

At that thought, Layla ran over to Mike's room in tears.

She opened the door, rushed to the disheveled bed, and yanked on Mike's arm, wailing, "Wake up, Uncle Mike! Hayden's gone! He left the house alone… He didn't take me with him…"

Over at Elliot's mansion, a servant walked out of the kitchen and wondered, "Why'