Getting taken hostage by a group of terrorists with your three-month-old was not part of your day's plans, but neither was meeting your kid's baby daddy again. Your kid is missing, and you don't know what to do. You turn frantically when the familiar wail of your son reaches your ears, and before you know it you have taken him from the man and he's in your arms and safe, and you should probably thank him.

He gets to it before you can even speak. "Long time no see, Taube?" His voice is gentle.