MORICHES, NY — A Moriches mother who sent a desperate plea to her son, 14, missing since Friday, has had the “happiest of endings” — her boy is home safe.

Christy Stark, whose had been searching frantically for her son Liam —according to Suffolk County police, Liam had last been seen leaving William Floyd High School property and going into Dunkin’, located on Mastic Road, at about 7:10 a.m. on Friday — spoke with Patch about the joyful homecoming.

Liam, she said, had left a message Monday night, saying he was in the Bronx, but in the flood of phone calls she’d received since he went missing, she didn’t hear the message until later. “He called saying he was in the Bronx and he missed us. When I heard it, I was freaking out,” she said. “My other son was telling me to breathe.”

She and Liam’s brother raced to the Bronx, while Stark also called NYPD and other friends in New York to get the word out that he’d been located.

As they were driving toward the Bronx, Liam called his mother, the most beautiful call she’d ever received, Stark said. “I kept him on the phone until we got there,” she said.

And then, in a heartbeat, mother and son were together again — and able to head back to Long Island.

Courtesy Suffolk County police

As they were standing on the street, someone called Liam’s name — a man who’d heard the story of Liam’s disappearance and wanted to help bring him home. “He asked, ‘Are you Liam?'” Stark said. And then, when he realized Stark was his mother and he was witnessing the reunion of a lifetime, the man told Liam: “‘I’m a father,'” he told Liam. “Your family is always going to be there for you.'”

Stark told Patch that she was overjoyed. “It’s the happiest of endings,” she said. “I want to shout it from the rooftops. I have my boy!”

She said Liam had been sleeping on benches and had called her from a public library.

Stark wanted to thank every single person who reached out to open their hearts and care. “I don’t even know how to say ‘thank you,'” she said. “The words don’t even exist to express my gratitude, for all of the people who helped me to get my baby back. I truly will be paying this forward for the rest of my days — it’s my promise. But first I need to go home and cuddle with my boy.”