Nancy had been hiding her panic and impatience except for her occasional request to be told of the progress of the search that had been organized for her child.

She could bear no more. It was close to a week now since Josephine was abducted. She feared to consider what may have been done to her or what miserable condition she had been kept.

She had consoled herself with the belief that her biological father must have given instructions that no one should harm his child but she had no real faith in that assumption.

The man was a beast and would not mind doing away with anyone or anything...