Henry didn't let go either, watching to provide all the comfort she needed. "I... I guess so," he said, thinking for a moment and then letting out a deep breath. "I have no idea what happened to him, I don't think she knows, either. But when I met her she was searching for him, frantically. She said he'd been kidnapped by a man too evil and twisted to comprehend. If the child was altered... I would bet the earth's last Twinkie it was because of him."
It was a terrible thought, that anybody could hurt a little boy and worse, change them so dramatically.
"The boy... they'll find him. And hopefully be able to bring him back from this edge. There is hope in his age, children can recover from remarkable circumstances, and Dinah is a wonderful mother. If anybody could recover from that, I believe Jake can."