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to his team “Charlee is with him, and we need to act fast but carefully. We have an undercover officer dressed as a housekeeper and has a microphone on her,

so we can make sure Charlee is safe at all times. The detective explained that everything happened so fast, and we were just one step away from getting

Charlee is back with her family. The hotel door was closed as usual, Gina the undercover police officer knocked on the door “housekeeping” and no response, silence.

She took the key and slowly opened the door, expecting the worst from Reece, but all she saw was Charlee on the sofa in front of an old loud T.V. eating a pop tart.

Gina looked around and Reece was nowhere to be found “Hi Charlee, your mommy sent me to get you, where is daddy” Charlee jumped up “Mommy, Mommy.” “Shoosh Charlee, I will get you to Mommy, where is daddy?”

Charlee pointed at the restroom, and at that point, Gina could vaguely hear the shower running due to the cartoons being so loud on the TV. “Charlee is safe, I am coming out with her, please send in backup, he is in the shower.”

A group of officers raided the hotel and demanded Reece to get on the ground. They shouted, "Reece you are being arrested for kidnapping your daughter Charlee.” Reece tried to run and was wrestled to the ground screaming. He started screaming “Charlee, Charlee I am sorry, I love you Charlee.”

We assured him Charlee was safe and demanded he stand on his feet and we hauled him to the station.”

“Leonard, we have her, she is safe!” I was speechless, tears ran down my face “Rayne, Rayne they found her, they found Charlee she is safe.” Rayne was gardening, with dirt on her face, she stood up, dropped her gardening shovel “Oh my God, Leonard. My baby, my baby is coming home.”

I grabbed Rayne, and we hugged and kissed with our tears flowing between our cheeks. “I told you baby; I would never give up.”

Epilogue

We hopped on our private jet and headed to Mexico. Rayne, little Leonard, and I arrive at the hospital waiting at the end of the hall to greet Charlee and see her smiling face.

The social worker greets us, holding Charlee’s hand, Rayne falls on her knees with her face covered with tears and her arms wide open. Mommy, mommy…

Charlee runs to Rayne's arms…

“Mommy I missed you so much.”

Oh, my precious Charlee, Mommy missed you too, "there was not a day, a moment, a minute that Mommy stopped thinking about you. You are so beautiful and big. God brought you back to me".

Rayne grabbed Charlee, picked her up, and swung her around.

“I’m okay Mommy don’t cry anymore.” “Hello Charlee, remember me” I softly say and reach for Charlee’s hand.

Charlee smiled and reached for me to pick her up, I lifted Charlee and gave her the biggest hug.

Rayne rubs Charlee’s face and says “Charlee, I have a present for you, close your eyes” Charlee opens her eyes, and there is little Leonard. Leonard stood in

front of Charlee smiling with a teddy bear in his hand. “This is your brother, little Leonard, he has been waiting to meet you”

“My brother, this is my brother?” Charlee says looking at Rayne. “Yay, I have a brother, I love you Mommy so much” Leonard, Rayne, Little Leonard, and Charlee

all hold hands and walk out of the hospital.

The End.

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