Chapter 9-Officer Crocker
Dave could not believe what he was hearing.
"But…h-how?"
"I'm not sure," she replied in a puzzled tone, "we just sent out one of our best officers to search her house for any signs of your son and to ask her a few questions. We'll let you know if we figure anything out."
"Okay thank you," Dave said gratefully.
"You're Welcome. Bye"
"Bye." Dave hung up the phone then realized that Alvin has the same teacher as Simon. "A-Alvin, be honest…is Brenda your teacher?" Alvin sighed and hesitated.
"Yes," he replied reluctantly. Dave gasped.
"Why didn't you say anything?!" he cried.
"Well…if I told you…she'd probably hurt me again." Dave embraced him.
"Alvin, you know I'd never let anyone hurt you. Now get your coats, we're gonna go find 'Ms. Johnson'."
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Brenda smacked Simon with the horse crop one more time, but this time on his cheek. He could feel himself blacking out from the excruciating pain, but was still crying.
"P-please don't hurt m-me anymore," he pleaded softly. Brenda ignored him as if she didn't even hear him and walked out of the room. Simon was crying a lot now, but mostly from the heart. His body ached, but he missed his family more. "W-why is this h-happening t-to m-me-e?"
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Dave drove down the road frantically searching for Brenda's house. She had given him her address when they were dating and he was lucky to have found it. Alvin glumly sat in the backseat in his pajamas and coat next to Theodore who had drifted off to sleep.
"This is all my fault," he thought. "If I had only told Dave as soon as Brenda started teaching here none of this would be happening. I swear, if Simon doesn't make it through this, I will NEVER forgive myself!"
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Brenda burst into the room where Simon helpless laid bloody and tied up on the floor and put three layers of duct tape over his mouth. Then she grabbed his jaw and coldly looked into his terrified eyes.
"You'd better keep it quiet if you wanna live through tonight," she threatened him as she grabbed him by his hair and drug him into a dark closet and locked him in.
"DING-DONG!" the doorbell finally rang and she reluctantly went to answer it. Standing at the door was a young male police officer who was rather feminine looking with blond hair. He was clearly a homosexual.
"Can I help you…uh…sir?" she asked.
"Yes ma'am," he replied in an imitated women's voice, "are you the teacher of a kid named…uh…Simon Seville?"
"Um…yes I am."
"Well he disappeared today during school and I was sent to come search your house for any evidence that the kid may like, be here."
"Oh of course," she replied faking a friendly attitude, "go right ahead." She knew if she had said no, then he would've been really suspicious.
"Thanks, by the way, I'm Officer Crocker."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Brenda."
"I know." As Officer Crocker searched the house, there was a sudden knock on the door. Brenda answered it and didn't expect to see Dave standing on her porch looking very angry.
"Oh David!" She said with pleasure and surprise. "Come in! Come in! What brings you here?!"
"Oh just the fact that Simon has mysteriously gone missing. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?"
"No, I'm so sorry to hear that David," she innocently lied. Dave was still very suspicious. Officer Crocker rushed down the stairs to Brenda.
"Um, Ms. Johnson, follow me please, I saw something that like, concerned me." he said and then noticed Dave standing next to Brenda. "Oh, Mr. Seville, you can come look to if you want." Dave and Brenda followed Officer Crocker to the room where Simon had been brutally beaten. "What is with all this blood?" he asked. Dave gasped and hoped that it wasn't Simon's blood.
"Well…I-I…." Brenda was at a loss. She ran for the closet, grabbed Simon by his hair, and grabbed a knife that she had stored in there. She drug Simon out by his hair. "Okay! I admit it! I kidnapped this little runt and beat him to a bloody pulp! He got my sister in jail…"
"You're sister?"
"Yeah! My sister! How dare you dump her because of some stupid RODENTS!"
"They're not rodents! They're my children! My life!"
"If either of you come anywhere near me, I'll take his life!" She lifted up Simon, hugged him tightly against her waist with one arm and held the knife to his waist with the other. Officer Crocker pulled out his gun and aimed it at her.
"Put the poor little kid down or I'll shoot you in your head!" he shouted. Brenda drew back her arm and stuck the knife into Simon's waist. Simon let out a loud but muffled scream since he still had the duct tape over his mouth.
Ooooh cliffhanger! I got the Chris Crocker as a police officer idea from my friend Mel (iloveanimals1). Please review!
