I and now recovering from a very stressful few days. On Wednesday afternoon my oldest son 42 went missing.
He has mental health problems and is classed as vulnerable.
His carer called the Police who took it very seriously, it was the second time in a week, and first time he has ever done this.
The Police set a 20 person team searching for him all over Edinburgh where he lives.
They finally decided to talk to me and on hearing what was going on I immediately clicked what was happening.
I have posted before of the unnatural relationship between my adopted Mother and this son, well, she is 98 now and has been going on to everyone who will listen about who is going to look after the 'baby' when she is gone.
It seems she has been telling him he must 'find' his Mum and Brother and Sister or he will be put out on the street.
As he has never ever lived with her and is or was in a happy situation with a carer it is all rubbish.
So he set off last Monday to Glasgow airport to fly to Portugal, where we all used to live, luckily he did not have his passport.
Then he visited my Mother in her care home on Tuesday evening, took £400 out of the bank the next day and seems to have headed north, he grew up in the North east.
He was eventually found in the Cafe in Aberdeen Bus/train station last night at 21.00.
It was only when he activated his bank card that the Police took us seriously about looking North, and yes I did say 'I told you so', to the Sgt who phoned.
I am now trying to get my head round it all, I want to shake my Mother, but she is denying to all and sundry that she encouraged this event, even though one of the staff in the home heard her talking to him.
I do not know if his carer will take him back into her home she is very upset as the Police treated her very badly tore her house apart even bringing in the Anti-terrorist squad and a drugs sniffer dog. No one has any criminal record and my son was being seen everywhere so they knew he had not 'disappeared' completely.
He has lived for 17 years with his carer and part of the family.
We had the most amazing response from social media, FB and Twitter, and really kind comments and discovered how popular he is, also that he seems to be known in every pub in Edinburgh, he doesn't drink alcohol just likes to socialise.
Some of the questions asked by the Police really frustrated me, if I was asked once who his friends were in Aberdeen I was asked a hundred times, I kept saying he does not know anyone there, and they would ask the question another way.
Sorry I am going on now, but just needed to write it all down.
He is being assesed in hospital just now so we need to see what happens next.
Thanks for listening x
