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Chapter 2 Samaritan
Sarah woke up to the sound of voices. They were talking about how long it had been. How long what had been? She opened her eyes and saw the worried looks on her twin sisters faces that suddenly turned to relief.
No sooner had they realized she was awake when she was bombarded with questions.
"Guys!" She said, well, at least she tried to say it. She couldn't move her mouth, she couldn't even feel her mouth. It was almost like it wasn't there.
She reached up and touched her mouth. Pain. Yes, her mouth was still there.
As was a lot of drool.
'Ew' she thought as she wiped her hand on the blanket covering her. Kim and Jessica gave her a look.
"Mom says you can't talk" Kim said. Sarah nodded. She pressed her hand to her lip one more time to make sure there was no more drool. Tears sprang to her eyes. Kim grabbed Sarah's hand and pulled it away from her face while Jessica stroked Sarah's hair.
"Mom says you shouldn't touch it either" Kim stated. Sarah nodded her head while the few tears that managed to escape her eyes rolled down her face. She gave them a questioning look.
"Mom said she'd be back, she had to go do something. Henry's in the cafeteria, he got hungry" Jessica said. Sarah nodded again. Not being able to talk really drove her nuts.
Kate walked into the room and rushed over to Sarah.
"Glad to see your awake. You don't look too happy" she stated. Sarah shook her head.
"You'll get used to it. Your having some more surgery tonight so why don't you get some sleep. You'll need it." Kate said. Sarah nodded and closed her eyes again.
In a matter of seconds she was sound asleep again where the pain couldn't get to her.
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"Is she OK?" Jake held the phone closer to his ear so he could hear Jessica.
"Well that's good. Ok thanks for calling. Later." Jake hung up after receiving an update on Sarah's condition. He returned to the living room where Tyler was getting his butt kicked by Riley.
"You killed me again!" exclaimed Tyler as he handed the controller to Danny. Riley grinned as he and Danny started to do battle. Tyler scooted back to be with Jake.
"How's Sarah?" asked Tyler, genuinely worried.
"She's ok. Having some more surgery tonight. She really messed her lip up," explained Jake.
"She's having another surgery?" asked Riley in shock as he and Danny shot at each other. Riley groaned as Danny won and Riley's character slumped over. The game would normally be bloody but the boy's father had turned off the gore effect. Jake scooted forward and took over. Danny was a madman and made quick work of Jake, making him fall into a pit of lava.
"Next," announced Danny as Tyler scooted forward. Jake sighed and went back to sit with Riley. Cindy the babysitter found the whole thing funny and laughed as Tyler was blown up by a mine.
"Daniel Elliot Marshall, you play dirty!" exclaimed Tyler as Riley stepped up.
"Whatever Connor William Marshall," shot back Danny. The game was paused as Jim and Annie Marshall came down the stairs, dressed and ready to go. Jim gave Cindy some money for a pizza and reminded the boys that they had already eaten dinner. Annie kissed her boys goodbye and then she and Jim headed off to dinner. As they pulled out of their driveway they didn't notice the black sedan sitting quietly down the darkened street.
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Sarah cried as her lip was covered in disinfectant. Kate held her hand through the whole procedure. The nurse finished and stepped back. Kate smiled down at Sarah as a gas mask was held over Sarah's face.
"We'll be waiting for you, baby," assured Kate as she stroked Sarah's hair. Sarah nodded in understanding before her eyes rolled back in her head and she drifted off. Kate quickly kissed her daughter on the forehead and then left her in the hands of the surgeons. Kim and Jessica were quietly talking when Kate showed back up. She was surprised to find Nora waiting for her.
"Nora? What are you doing here?" asked Kate.
"Um, there was some weird calls on the answering machine. I tried calling Dad but his cell phone is off," began Nora, as she and Kate sat down.
"Phone calls?" asked Kate, confused.
"Yeah. A man's voice. Kind of distorted. Says he really needs to talk to you about Jake. He called like five times. I was getting a little creeped out," explained Nora. Kate felt her heart skip a little. A creepy guy was calling about Jake.
"You didn't recognize his voice?" asked Kate, getting a little concerned.
"No. But I thought you should know about it right away. I left Charlie in charge of holding the fort down. What does this guy want with Jake? Do you think this could be about his adoption?" asked Nora in a whisper.
"I don't think so. His adoption was easy. No one caused any trouble," replied Kate softly.
"Maybe one of his birth parents is causing a stir. Trying to scare us. Who's his father?" asked Nora, getting interested. She had always been the Baker kid with the most interest in Jake's adoption, even more so then Jake. He only cared that he lived with a family that loved him.
"Nora, I don't really know. We never met him or Jake's mom. We were just told that they loved their son very much but they couldn't give him the loving home he deserved," lied Kate, hating herself for lying to Nora. But no one could know about Jack and Nina. Not ever.
"Well I think we need to figure this out as soon as possible. This guy was really creepy," explained Nora.
"I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding," assured Kate with a smile, trying to assure herself and Nora at the same time. In the back of her mind, she thought maybe, just maybe, there was some way that Jack and Nina were back. And if so, what did they want?
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"Yeah. Yeah!" Riley let out a whoop as he finished Danny off in the game. Danny groaned and handed the controller over to Jake, who scooted forward to take on the current reining champ Riley. He had been undefeated for ten straight games.
"Think you can take me, Jacob?" asked Riley with a sneer.
"I can only try," replied Jake as he tried to collect as much ammo as possible. The level had changed from a lava filled world to a large warehouse carved into a snowy mountain. It was the level Riley played the most so he was expert at moving through nooks and crannies. As the boys continued with their high intensity tournament there was a sudden sharp knock at the door. Cindy put the magazine she had been leafing through down and went to go answer it, thinking it was her pizza. Sure enough there was a pizza guy standing on the front porch when Cindy looked through the peephole. Smile she opened the door to greet him. Suddenly she was forced inward by a punch. The boys jumped up as three strange men entered the house. Two of them went over to the boys as the leader dealt with Cindy and the poor ill-fated pizza guy. The boys weren't given time to scream before their mouths were duck taped and they were tied up and forced to sit. Cindy and the pizza guy were tied up and forced to sit as well.
"So, here we all are," began the lead thug. Danny was whimpering and crying and a wet spot formed in the front of his pants.
"Kid, if you don't shut up I'm going to give you something to cry about," warned the lead thug. Danny whimpered one last time but shut up.
"Much better," said the main thug, grinning an ugly toothy grin. Jake felt his heart going a mile a minute. This was a nightmare. It had to be. How could this be real?
"Now we have some business to attend to boys. One of you has some talking to do," explained the leader. Jake winced as the duct tape was ripped off his mouth.
"Jacob?" asked the leader, glaring at Jake.
"How do you know my name?" asked Jake, feeling like he was betraying his friends for some reason.
"Don't play games, Jacob," warned the leader. Suddenly Riley cried out as he picked up by his hair and dragged over to a table.
"Start talking or your friend here gets a table corner to the gut," snapped the leader.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Jake, terrified. He winced as Riley's stomach was slammed into the sharp corner of the table. Riley let out a pained and muffled cry as he fell on his back. He screamed again as one of the other thugs kicked him in the stomach. Tyler was yelling at the thug as Danny balled his eyes out.
"Leave him alone! I have no idea what you're talking about!" screamed Jake as loud as he could. Riley was gagging now as the kicks kept coming. He started choking a little. Tears were flowing down his face. Suddenly his attacker was hit in the head with a devastating punch. The man dropped instantly. The new intruder rushed at the second henchman, slamming him into a wall and then pounding his head against the plaster. The man slid to the floor as blood trailed down behind him. The intruder went over to Riley and ripped the tape off his mouth. A massive amount of blood flowed out of Riley's mouth, freeing his airways. The leader took out a knife and rushed at the intruder. The intruder grabbed his arm and broke it with one swift move. He then slammed the leader's own knife into his gut. The leader fell to the ground. The intruder looked up as sirens drew near. Quickly untying Cindy, he was gone as quickly as he had come. Cindy untied Jake and then rushed over to Riley. Jake busied himself with untying everyone else. Tyler and Danny raced over to Riley, who was untied and crying. They held his hands as help arrived. The intruding Samaritan had vanished.