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Ransom part 2
Rachel ran upstairs to get changed, she didn't want to be in her work clothes at this moment in time, so she changed into her comfy clothes which consisted of her beige coloured trackies. She then went downstairs and joined Eddie who was still pacing the front room. He didn't know what to do and neither did Rachel. When Rachel saw Eddie she burst into tears.
"Rache, we'll get her back," Eddie said holding on to Rachel.
"Yeah, we will," Rachel added.
Just then they both heard the letter box go, Rachel and Eddie pulled apart and looked at each other before running towards the door. Then they saw a pile of letters on the floor.
"Just the post man," Eddie said as Rachel bent down to pick the letters up.
"Eddie, Eddie, it's the same writing!" Rachel more or less shouted.
Rachel then briskly opened the letter and read it out loud.
"Well what did I tell you? I said I would be writing to you very soon. I think your daughter is missing you Amanda, she keeps asking for her mummy and daddy, but you don't need to worry I am looking after her very well, just like I looked after you when you were young, do you remember? You were my special girl course you remember. Well I told you I would be writing my demands didn't I? Well what I want is for you to come back and work for me again, you were my special girl and earned me loads of money, so yeah I want you to come back and work. I will have a special place for you and your daughter to stay in my house, you might take after you when she is older. But you will have to get rid of that husband though. But if that fails, I want money of you. You have put me in prison for the last fifteen years, and I want pay back. I haven't been earning over them years so I want money now. So yeah, I want that husband Eddie to drop the money off in the park by two o'clock today and don't do anything stupid, I have people watching and then you Amanda should come to my house which is 14 parker cresset and pick your daughter up, again inform the police and your daughter won't be safe. Not long hey," Rachel read for the letter.
"Rache, Rache, we are going to get money, he didn't say how much he wanted but were going to go the bank and get money, we are going to get our daughter back and ignore everything other what he said, I will keep you both safe from him. Everything is going to be okay, come on we need to go the bank," Eddie said.
"Yeah, come on lets go, I'm fine dressed like this, I just want her back. how could such a person do this," Rachel said.
"Someone like him obviously, but everything is going to be fine, when we get her back I am never going to let the pair of you out of my set ever," Eddie said.
With that they both headed down to the back and possibly in the process broke a few speeding laws but they needed to get there fast, they only had two hours before they were to drop the money off.
They arrived at the bank and withdrew £50,000 surely that was enough Eddie and Rachel both decided on, but they couldn't put a price on their daughters life. There wouldn't be enough money in the world for their daughter. When they arrived at the bank Eddie and Rachel signed the forms that they needed to sign so that they could withdraw that amount of money. And then Rachel just disappeared and Rachel nodded to her to say that it was okay for her to go now.
Eddie knew exactly where she had gone, she had gone to phone the police with the next letter they had received. Rachel and Eddie didn't trust even of their mobiles, after all he used to monitor her calls all those years ago, what is stopping him now, he has found out everything else about her, where they live, her husband, their child's nursery, their school, their whole life, so what stops him from listening into their phone calls. With that Rachel had borrowed the bank tellers mobile after they passed a note through explaining the situation and she wrote one back saying she would also back them up. With that Rachel went the toilets discreetly making sure no one was in there and then rang them explaining the situation as it stands.
The police then decided to get plain clothes officers in the park now to survey the area and not make it look so suspicious because it was still two hours before drop off time, so if they weren't in and looked as if they were reading a book, or playing with their dogs, or even pretending to be a gardener it was some surveillance crew in there to help Eddie. As for Rachel and her job, she had something a little more difficult, she was actually coming face to face with the person that she put in prison all those years ago and he certainly wanted revenge. Officers would probably be best placed in the houses surrounding the house that Rachel was going to pick her child up and the officers knew that Rachel and the child were safe they would then raid the house and arrest him.
So with that they hung around for about an hour and got a coffee in a nearby cafe. That neither of them touched, they were both too scared and nervous and just wanted their daughter back. this was now in their hands to make sure they got their daughter back in one piece.
With that they had given up on drinking their coffees and headed off to their meeting places, by now all the police will be in there places by now and it would be safe for them to go to where they drop the money off and pick up their daughters.
Eddie drove to the park, and got out of the car with his black bag in hand, he was then to wait on the park bench for the next hour for someone to collect the bag. Then Rachel jumped out of the car and gave Eddie a kiss before climbing into the driver's side and then driving off to where she was meeting Tom to collect her daughter. To be honest it was reasonably simple, he got the money he wanted and they got their daughter back.
Rachel pulled up to the house about twenty minutes, she still had about half an hour to go before she could actually collect little Olivia but she just couldn't bare it no longer. The police will have surrounded this road and know that she was here and so would have Tom most probably. So that was it she thought, she was going to get out of the car, and go and demand her daughter back, no doubt Eddie would have left the money there in the place where he was told and making his way over to where Rachel was now.
So Rachel stormed out of the car, she saw a curtain twitch from the window up stairs and it gave her an uneasy feeling. She walked up the drive way of the house, from the outside it just looked like a normal row of houses, a normal street, it was unimaginable that something like this would have actually happened but here it was, happening underneath everyone's noses and this would probably have gone unnoticed by a lot of the residents in the street.
Rachel slowly approached the house not knowing what was going to lie when the door opened. She saw the number fourteen just before the front door, she took a deep breath and lifted her hand to knock on the door, but as she did the door opened before she even got chance to knock.
"Hello Amanda," Tom said.
Back where Eddie was, he had dropped the money on the floor near a bin hoping that it wouldn't get stolen before the person that was supposed to collect it got it, after all he was early. After about waiting half an hour he dropped the bag by the bin and then walked towards the exit of the park. As he turned round for one last look he saw a tall dark woman approach the bag, Eddie first thought oh god no, she has found money, but when she pulled out a phone and then looked in the bag he knew that it was now in the right hands. With that he walked to the nearest cafe and asked them to call a taxi for as soon as possible so that he could get to where Rachel was and his baby daughter.
The taxi then arrived about five minutes later.
Rachel was stood staring at the person that she hadn't seen for over fifteen years, the last time she ever saw him was when he was sat opposite her in a dock as he got sentenced. And now she was coming face to face with him again.
"Well, I have just had conformation that the money has been dropped off by your husband and is in safe hands with one of my girls," Tom added.
"Well can we have our daughter back now, you said it would be a straight forward swap," Rachel added.
"Oh it will, please do come in Amanda," Tom said more like and order and Rachel obliged.
"It's Rachel," Rachel said.
"No, you will always be Amanda in my eyes," Tom said giving a wink which sent shivers down Rachel's spine.
"Please, can I have my daughter back now," Rachel pleaded.
"Oh you will get you daughter back, come on, I will take you to where she is," Tom said getting up of the sofa and made his way towards the stairs.
Rachel felt very uneasy about the whole thing.
"Amanda stop feeling so nervous, you have let yourself go over the years, haven't you? You would never wear trackies all those years ago," Tom stated.
"I'm not the person I was all those years ago," Rachel sternly said.
"Nothing we can't sort out though can we?" Tom said.
"I'm not coming back, I'm over what I did all those years ago. I'm not going back to what I did, for what you tricked me into all those years ago. I'm not the same person, I've changed, I've settled down, I have the perfect life," Rachel said.
"Yeah, the perfect life with me," Tom said slyly.
"Nothing would be perfect with you, now please, I need Olivia, you have your money, what else to do you want?" Rachel said as he lead Rachel into a room.
"I want you Amanda, just like old times," Tom said.
"No, I'm not doing it, that is my past, I don't do that sort of thing anymore, I'm not into all that business again, it was wrong, no I'm not doing it," Rachel more all less shouted.
"Sshh, do you want your daughter to hear you? And you will do if you want to see your daughter alive again, won't you Amanda?" Tom carried on.
"I'm not doing it, I'm married I'm not going anywhere near you," Rachel screamed.
Tom put his hand over Rachel's mouth to stop her from screaming, " Just relax Amanda, just like old times remember?" Tom said slipping Rachel's zip of her jacket down.
"No, stop it, please just stop it," Rachel pleaded like a helpless child for him to stop. But she could do anything to prevent him from doing anything to her because he was a lot bigger than her and he had her held down but his strong force.
"Remember, if you fight it, your daughter will get hurt so you might as well just let this happen," Tom said.
"No you can't hurt her, she is a baby, how can you hurt a child?" Rachel demanded.
"Well because you won't give me what I want that is why,"
With that he started taking more clothes off Rachel.
Rachel was now being more and more uneasy and nervous and terrified, he was going to rape her but she was protecting her child, why did this always happen to Rachel, why did she always get herself in sticky situations. She really hoped the police would either come in or Eddie would turn up. Either way she was hoping for a miracle to happen.
He had gotten Rachel's top off which was now revealing her bra. He ran his hands all over her body and Rachel was fully in tears, anyone would be in the same situation.
"No need for tears Amanda, remember you were my best girl, my special little girl, I always had a soft spot for you. So stop crying you are becoming a turn off. I want you to come back and work for me. I can then have my wicked way with you all the time. I will forget about what you have done in the past like reporting me to the police and we can start again. It will be just like old times. But you seriously need to work on your make up," Tom said causing Rachel to cry more.
Unbeknown to Rachel and Tom that the police watched Rachel go inside and she had been in there for well over half an hour and it was time to go get her. She had been in there long enough and it was time to raid the place and make sure everyone was safe. They had no idea what was going on in there and they were leaving much to chance. So with that they bashed the door in and raided the house.
"POLICE!" the police shouted from downstairs and were now running up the stairs.
"You called the police?" Tom asked.
"How could I have when I have been with you?" Rachel asked.
With that armed police were up the stairs breaking doors as they went along. When they came to the room that Rachel and Tom were in. She thought she had got her miracle when they busted the door down and grabbed Tom from escaping out the bedroom window and arrested him.
"You okay ma'am?" One officer asked.
"I am now that you have just arrived, my daughter, I don't know where she is," Rachel cried.
"That's okay ma'am we found her, she safe," Another officer replied coming into the room, which was the same one from this morning that came to her office to give her the bad news.
"Thank god, Eddie, is Eddie okay?" Rachel asked.
"Yes Eddie is fine, he should be here any minute, believe me out of the three of you, you had the worst deal, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just want to see my daughter, I thought he was actually going to rape me and no one would have know, I just want to forget about the whole thing," Rachel replied.
"Okay that is understandable, I will just go and get your daughter," The officer said.
"Yeah, can you just give me a minute to sort myself out, I don't want her seeing me like this, no she really can't see me like this, oh god I can't believe this whole thing has happened," Rachel cried.
"Rachel I am really sorry, but you have to think now that all of you are sure and unhurt, you have been through a very traumatic experience and I can bet you want to put it all behind you and forget about it and get on with your lives. I can arrange counselling for all of you if you wish," The officer who identified herself as Kate said.
"No, I just want to see Eddie and my daughter," Rachel said now fully dressed and wiped her tears dry.
"Okay, I will take you to her,"
Eddie had now pulled up outside and didn't even bother to pay the taxi man and just ran out of the car. And was faced with the male officer that was in Rachel's office this morning.
"Mr Lawson, there is something you should know before you go in there," The officer said.
"Oh my god, is Olivia okay? Did he hurt Olivia?" Eddie asked.
"Your daughter is perfectly fine, but your wife isn't, he tried to rape your wife sir, I am terribly sorry," The officer replied.
"Oh Rachel, is she okay?"
"Well she is pretty shaken, but I think you should get to her, she has been asking for you," The officer said and Eddie didn't need to give an answer he just ran to where Rachel was.
Eddie found Rachel just outside the house holding onto Olivia tightly.
"Daddy!" Olivia shouted as if nothing had ever happened with her.
Rachel passed Olivia to Eddie and turned round and walked away, well more or less ran. Eddie thought it was something to do with me, being a man and everything and going through what she had just been through was going to take time. But Rachel walked over and was sick, she wasn't trying to run away from Eddie at all. Eddie then walked over to where Rachel was and held her tightly.
"Eddie I'm so sorry," Rachel said.
"Why are you sorry? You have nothing to be sorry about. Are you okay? I should have been here quicker, this is all my fault," Eddie said holding Rachel and Olivia tightly.
"No Eddie, this is not your fault, if it is something I learned years ago is not to blame yourself or myself, this was his doing and he was in the wrong not us and he is the one that will be going to prison because of it, which proves that he was the one in the wrong not us. I'm sorry I was sick but I can't help that, he just makes my sick crawl. And have him touching me all over ago is and was a nightmare so this was how I dealt with it. But we are a family now and lets not dwell on what has just happened here. This little one does not seem to be affected at all by the whole thing and I am just glad to have her back. but Eddie, I think it is time we have a break and take a holiday. I don't want to go back to work for a few weeks and I doubt you will, so lets get someone to cover us and lets go away. School is the least important thing at the moment, our family is the most important thing so lets do something as a family and spend some time together," Rachel said.
"Yeah, I like that idea, and yes I am glad to have you both back safe and sound. Rachel you have been through a very traumatic experience and I want you to forget about it and I think a holiday will be a great thing for all of us especially this little one. I'm sure everyone in the school knows what is going on because of all the press interest here. So I am sure they will have no objections of us taking some family time out. After all neither of us took maternity or paternity leave up so I think they owe us some leave. The school will cope fine without us, they can get someone from the school to cover for the time being till they find someone, even Steph is probably up to the job of doing it I think, she seems to have grown up over the last few years, even though she is still a big gossiper. How about someone hot and sunny?" Eddie asked.
"Erm...how about somewhere in this country?" Rachel replied.
"Oh come on Rache, live a little, it has been ages since we have been abroad and you deserve a good holiday. You only want to stay in this country because if the school needs you, you can get back straight away, and that wouldn't be much of a holiday. Trust me. The build will be fine without you, honestly it will and if they need you for anything either Steph can have her input she is quite creative or it just goes on hold. It would only be two weeks away from England," Eddie said.
"Well it would have to be somewhere we can get a ferry to," Rachel added.
"Rachel, Olivia will be fine on a plane, she is two and after all she will probably love it, it's a knew thing for her a big aeroplane, she will honestly love it. She is a good child and it will be ten times quicker than getting a ferry and anyways it will be so much more fun if we get a plan rather than a ferry. It always seems a better holiday," Eddie added.
"Erm...Ferries are just as good, okay it may take longer but it still gets you there, what about if we go on a cruise and can we talk about this when we get home, I don't really want to be standing here for much longer," Rachel said.
"Yeah come on, we will discuss this when we get home, come on give me the keys I'm driving," Eddie said and Rachel kindly obliged and gave Eddie the keys to the car.
There were photographers and news reporters everywhere. They had all caught on about the story and where all here to report on the story.
"Mr and Mrs Lawson, care to comment?" One report shouted, but Eddie clung onto little Olivia with one arm and clung on to Rachel with the other. They were taking millions of photographers because all you could see were flashes of light. No doubt they would all be over the news at six tonight and in the newspapers tomorrow.
After about a thirty minute drive back to their house Eddie pulled into the drive. Rachel then got out of the car and opened the back door of the car and carried the now sleeping little Olivia out of her car seat. Rachel then went towards to front door and Eddie followed them around and opened the front door and let Rachel and Olivia go first. There was no way he was letting either of them out of his sight again. The pair of them were going to become the paranoid couple but there was a very good reason for that.
"I really better ring my parents and explain what happened, they could have heard about it on the news or something, so I better ring and explain that you are both okay," Eddie said.
"Yeah, that is a good idea, I'm going to get a bath, I can still feel him on me," Rachel said.
"Well you settle Olivia down, I will put a bath on for you and then I will ring my parents, that sound okay?" Eddie asked.
"Yeah, just perfect. Thanks Eddie, thank you for everything you have done for me, I mean it. You have gone beyond the call of duty of being a husband, I really do love you," Rachel said.
"Rache, I will do anything for you, I love you more than anything, you are my whole world, so come on, I'll put your bath on and you sort this little sleepy one out. She doesn't seem to be affected by the experience at all does she? That's a good thing, thank god, she has just been kidnapped and she couldn't care less," Eddie said.
"I suppose when she is this young, it won't affect her, but it could when she is later on in life so we have to watch out for that, but for now I don't think we have anything to worry about," Rachel added.
"Yes, we have you to worry about, you nearly got raped Rachel, that isn't something you can forget so easily and honestly if you ever want to talk please come to me, and also if you don't want me around with being a man and everything I will understand, you have gone through a massive ordeal, I will just wait till you are ready, I will sleep in a spare bedroom if it makes you feel more comfortable," Eddie said.
"God Eddie, no that isn't what I want, I want you to hold me, tell me everything is going to be okay not for you to be sleeping in different beds, I need to feel safe and I can't do that if you are miles away. Eddie I love you, I know it wasn't you that did that to me, it was him so no I don't want you to do anything different, I want you to be my Eddie and nothing else," Rachel smiled.
"Okay Rache, well I will just go and put your bath on while you sort tilly mint out," Eddie said making his way up stairs.
Five minutes later Eddie returned from putting the bath on and Rachel had finished sorting the little one out. "Well you go get your hot bubbly bath, I will sit with this one and ring my parents, I'm not letting any of you out of my sight," Eddie said.
"Thanks Eddie," Rachel said walking up the stairs and entering the bathroom to get her hot bubbly bath.
Eddie picked up the phone and then entered the living room to where Olivia was asleep on the couch in her jarmies. Eddie sat next to her while stroking her head, today had been one busy hectic day and it was only now that he had actually gotten to sit down and relax. Last time he was in the front room he was pacing up and down because his daughter had been kidnapped holding his wife Rachel who couldn't stop crying and who could blame her. But now they had their child back safe and sound and sleeping. Eddie went and dialled his parents number, if they had seen or heard the news about them then they would be panicking as well. No one answered the phone, hopefully they hadn't heard about it yet so they would have been panicking too much, Eddie left a message on the phone just asking them to ring him when they got a minute. He thought he would try his mums mobile, she never really answered but it was worth a try.
On the second ring Margery picked up, "Mum," Eddie said.
"Eddie, Rachel, Olivia are you all okay?" Eddie's mum said panicking.
"Yeah, mum we are all okay, we got Olivia back safe and sound, so I take it you heard then?" Eddie asked.
"Heard? It's all over the news, we are on our way down now," Margery said.
"Okay mum, but there is no need to panic, we have Olivia back said and sound, and Rachel, well she is just a bit shaken from nearly being raped but yeah she is okay, she is just taking a bath," Eddie said.
"Rachel? Nearly raped?" Eddie's mum asked confused.
"Mum, exactly how much have you heard?" Eddie asked.
"Just that waterloo road's famous head teacher and deputy had their daughter kidnapped, we left straight after that," Margery said.
"Well, a lot has happened from that but everyone is safe, how far away are you?" Eddie asked.
"About two hours,"
"Okay, well drive safe, there is no rush now, so tell dad to drive carefully," Eddie said.
"Okay, I will do, see you all in a bit," Eddie said hanging up as Rachel appeared at the door in her jarmies.
"You are now Hun?" Eddie asked.
"Yeah, much better thanks,"
"Well mum and dad have heard and they are already on the way, they left two hours ago so they should be here in about two hours, it's okay if they stay here isn't it?" Eddie asked.
"Course it is, the school will be coming out about that time, I'm sure we are going to be having a few visitors tonight, so don't bank on an early night," Rachel smiled making light of the whole situation.
"No, I think we will order a take away when mum and dad get here, saves us cooking, now for this holiday of a life time," Eddie said.
"Well, what about a cruise?" Rachel said.
"A Cruise, I didn't think that would be your type of holiday," Eddie replied.
"It's not, it's jus-" Rachel was cut off.
"Rachel will you stop panicking about Olivia flying, honestly she will be fine," Eddie stated.
"It's not Olivia I am worried about," Rachel said.
"Oh come on Rachel, we have been on holidays before, you are fine flying," Eddie laughed.
Rachel just looked serious, "I'm not bothered about me or Olivia flying, I'm bothered about this one," Rachel said putting her hand on her stomach.
Eddie looked confused at first and then put it together, "Rache, you're pregnant? Oh my god I'm going to be a dad again, why didn't you tell me?" Eddie said.
"Because I was going to tell you after the meeting but with everything going on, I just didn't think it was the right time to be even talking about having another baby when our little one had been taken away from us, but I think now was the right moment to bring it up before you start booking flights which I can't go one," Rachel laughed.
"Oh this is brilliant news, Olivia is going to have a little brother or sister, she won't be able to wait," Eddie smiled.
"Yeah, another one to keep out eye on," Rachel said seriously.
"Rache, what happened today, there is going to be no repeat on it, once we make our statement he will be going to prison where he will stay, he won't get us again, I promise, I will protect you three," Eddie said rubbing his hand on Rachel's belly.
Rachel smiled, " Come on your mum and dad will be here soon and I will make up one of the spare bedrooms up,"
"No you will not Rachel, I will make it up, I don't want you doing too much in your condition and especially with what has gone on today, that can't be much good with the baby, may be should go get you checked out tomorrow, stress about Olivia and what you went through today isn't good, so yeah, that is what we will do, go get checked out," Eddie said.
"Yeah, that is a good idea, but if any of the staff come round tonight, no word of the pregnancy till we get checked out, okay?" Rachel said.
"That's understandable, but Rachel they are probably going to know everything else," Eddie added.
"Well that they can know, but this is our secret for now, well your mother has a thing for finding his out, so if she finds out I'm not going to deny it, but the staff don't need to know yet and for this pregnancy I'm doing it properly, not returning to work till after maternity leave and taking it easy," Rachel added.
"For once, you are actually being sensible," Eddie laughed and smiled.
The end
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