carly's trouble with men part 9
At carly's house jack was in the
basement with carly,where sam had taken them at gun point before he'd
gone back upstairs again,as he looked at his ex worried;"Are you
okay?"
"I'm fine!"answered she lying;"I
thought that sam was in jail!"
"I told you that because
i'd didn't want to add to your stress and i was going to tell you the
truth soon enough."said jack;"I had kind of hoped that he
would have been caught before i had to tell you that he wasn't in
jail yet."
"So it's okay for you to lie,but not for
me?"started carly slowly;"Why don't you just say it and get
it off your chest."
"Say what?"asked her ex
confused;"What are you talking about?"
"Come
on,jack,you must be dying to tell me that us beeing trapped downhere
is all my fault and that if i had stayed at the hospital that we
wouldn't be in this mess right now."said carly tired;"Isn't
that what you love doing,jack,telling me how i never think things
through before i do them?"
"Hey,calm down,carly,that
isn't true and i don't think that any of this is your fault!"started
her ex surprised about her reaction and saw how worked up she was
getting;"What's the matter with you lately and why are you
acting so strange?"
"Nothing's the matter with me."said
she softly and got up,wishing that her headache would just go away
and that she wouldn't feel so sick anymore;"I wish that you
hadn't come downhere because then you wouldn't be stuck here right
now."
"I'm glad that i came because now you don't have
to face that psycho alone!"answered jack while he got up too and
put his arms around carly;"Hey,it's gonna be okay and i'll get
us out of here!"
"Please don't!"begged his ex as
she pulled away from jack;"Stop doing that and stop trying to
protect me!"
"Hey,downthere."said sam at the top of
the stairs and slowly came towards them as he kept on pointing his
gun at them;"It's bye,bye-time,detective snyder,because for what
i have in mind i don't really need an ex hanging around."
"What
are you going to do?"asked he angry and jumped infront of
carly;"I won't let you hurt carly again!"
"Don't
think you'll able to do anything about it,jack,not when i'm done with
you."laughed the psycho as he turned his head towards carly;"Say
goodnight to your ex."
"No!"yelled carly and
totally out of the blue,with a sudden strengh that she hadn't felt in
a while,she pushed jack out of the way and tried to reach for sam's
gun,which in the heat of the moment went off,causing carly to be
thrown backwards when she got hit by the bullet.
"Carly!"screamed
her ex shocked and wanted to go down on his knees next to her when he
saw sam trying to aim the gun at him a second time,so he took a swing
at him and knocked the psycho out cold.
"Jack....?"whispered
she,trying to stay awake,as jack took her into his arms and carried
her back up the stairs,into the livingroom where he layed her down on
the couch;"Are you okay?"
"Am i okay?"asked
jack stuned by her question with tears in his eyes as he grabbed his
cellphone while he saw carly was unconscious;"Damned,why did you
do that,carly,why did you try to grab the damn gun?"
Chris was about to go home after a double-shift at the hospital
when a nurse walked into his office;"Excuse me,doctor
hughes,you're needed at the e.r."
"No,i've been here way
too long and i'm going home."said chris a bit irritated;"Have
them call somebody else."
"I did,doctor,but the victim
that's on the way is a patient of yours and i thought that you might
want to check this out yourself."answered the nurse;"The
ambulance is on it's way now."
"Which patient?"asked
he worried;"What happened?"
"It's miss.
tenney,doctor,i don't know all the details,but it seems that she was
shot."said the nurse;"Do you want me to call another doctor
or do you want to handle this yourself?"
"I'll handle it
myself."started chris a bit shocked as he put his white coat
back on and followed the nurse towards the e.r.
Margo was
sound asleep when the phone started ringing and woke her up,so she
picked it up;"Hello?"
"Margo?"asked dallas'
voice from the other end of the line;"Sorry to wake you."
"This
better be good or you'll be on trafic-duty for the rest of your
life!"warned she him annoyed;"Why are you calling me in the
middle of the night?"
"We got sam locked up
downhere."started the young cop hesitating;"But we didn't
get him in time."
"What happened,dallas?"asked
margo worried and sat up straight in bed;"He didn't...?"
"He
was able to shoot carly and he was about to shoot jack too when jack
was able to punch sam out."answered he;"They brought her to
the hospital,but i don't know how serious it is yet."
"Thanks
for telling me this,dallas."said his boss tired and hung up the
phone;"Damned!"
At the hospital jack was walking up and down the hallway while
gwen sat on a chair next to her husband,waiting for news about
carly,when brad came up to them;"Hi,guys,how is carly?"
"Who's
with the kids?"asked his brother worried;"You didn't leave
them alone,did you?"
"Ofcourse not and they're fine
because i left them with emma,jack,so don't worry."answered
brad;"What happened?"
"I found carly at the
house,but she refused to come back to the hospital with me or to even
come out to the farm and then sam suddenly showed up."started he
tired;"That woman can be so damn stubborn,brad,she drives me
crazy when she's like that!"
"That's our girl."said
his brother with a faint smile;"She's as stubborn as a
mule."
"Why aren't they letting us know if she's
okay?"asked gwen in shock and got up from her chair;"I
couldn't believe it when we got the call."
"Hey,it's
okay,honey,i'm sure that carly'll be fine."answered her husband
as he put his arms around gwen and looked at jack;"Right,jack?"
"I
don't know,will,they have been in there with her for over an hour
now."started he with tears in his eyes and looked so lost;"Sam
wanted to shoot me,but carly suddenly tried to grab the gun and it
just went off."
"Hey,carly's tough and she's a
fighter,so she'll get through this!"said brad;"It'll be
okay."
"Why did she do that,brad,why did she go for that
damn gun?"asked his brother in shock;"Why?"
"Maybe
she didn't want you to get shot."answered he;"That is
something that you will have to ask carly when she's awake
again."
"Brad's right."started gwen softly when
chris appeared;"How is she,chris,is she okay?"
"She's
gonna be just fine,gwen,she's one lucky lady because the bullet
didn't go too deep in her shoulder and we were able to get it out
without any major surgery or anything."said he;"Things
could have been a lot worse."
"Can we see her?"asked
jack relieved;"Is she awake?"
"There wouldn't be
any point in going in there right now because carly's out like a
light and you all look like you could use some sleep too,so go home
and she'll probaly be awake by the time that you come back."answered
the young doctor;"She'll get through this."
A few hours later at the policestation margo was sitting in the
interogationroom with dallas,questioning sam;"Why did you kidnap
carly?"
"I didn't kidnap her."smiled sam;"She
came with me because she knows that we belong together,detective
hughes."
"Do you really expect us to believe that?"asked
she stuned about his answer;"If she came with you on her own
free will then why did she run off after knocking you over the head
with your dummy?"
"Don't call him a dummy!"said
their suspect angry;"His name is cowboy jack!"
"I
don't care what his name is,sam,he's still nothing more then a
dummy!"answered margo;"Why did you shoot carly?"
"I
didn't mean to shoot her."started he slowly;"I meant to
shoot her ex like she wanted me to but somehow she got in the way and
i shoot her by accident."
"Are you trying to tell me
that carly wanted you to shoot jack?"asked dallas surprised;"You
must be kidding me."
"No,i'm not kidding you and i have
allready told you that carly did everything out of her free will and
that she knows that we belong together."answered the psycho;"She
knew that she was better off with me then with that ex of hers."
"I
don't believe one word of what you're saying,sam,because no matter
what kind of stupid things carly has done in the past she would never
ask anybody to shoot jack or stage her own abducting."said margo
irritated as she got up;"As soon as carly wakes up i will ask
her for what really happened and in the meantime we have what jack
told dallas at the hospital,so you're not going to get away with what
you did."
"Do you want me to take him back to his
cell?"asked the young cop getting up too;"We're done
here,margo,aren't we?"
"Yes,it's pointless talking to
him."answered she and walked away;"Get him out of my
sight!"
Out at the farm brad was talking to emma
just before lunch when jack came storming down,into the kitchen;"Why
didn't anybody wake me up?"
"Because you were asleep and
you were exhausted."said his brother as he turned around;"How
are you feeling?"
"Fine!"answered jack
irritated;"You shouldn't have let me sleep so long because i
need to get back to the hospital,brad."
"Calm
down."started he slowly and grabbed jack's arm as he wanted to
leave;"Sit down and have something to eat first."
"I
don't have time for that!"said his brother,pulling away from
brad;"I want to be at the hospital when carly wakes up
again."
"You're not going anywhere untill you have
something to eat!"warned emma him as she got up and went over to
the fridge;"I'll make you something,jack."
"I'm not
hungry."answered he;"What am i going to tell the
kids?"
"They allready know that carly's in the hospital
and you can just tell them that she can't have any visitors
yet."started his brother hesitating;"But you might want to
tell parker the truth because he's a smart kid and he knows that
there's more then what we have told him."
"Maybe you're
right."said jack tired when margo walked in;"Hi,margo."
"Do
you have a minute?"asked she a bit uncomfortable;"I hate to
have to do this at a time like this,jack,but i need you to come down
to the station and give an official statement about what happened
with sam because i just talked to the d.a. and he needs your
statement as soon as possible."
"I don't have time for
that right now because i need to get to the hospital!"answered
her friend surprised;"What's going on?"
"We
questioned sam this morning and he claims that carly went with him on
her own free will and that she wanted him to shoot you."said
margo hesitating;"We need your statement if we want to make sure
that he doesn't walk away from this and i wasn't sure if we'd be able
to get carly's statement today,jack."
"He said
what?"asked he furious as he grabbed his carkeys and ran out of
the kitchen;"That damn liar!"
"Jack!"called
his friend on after him worried before turning back towards emma and
brad;"I just hope that he doesn't go and do something
stupid."
"Like what,margo,beat the hell out of that
psycho?"asked brad sarcasticly;"Even i want to beat the
crap out of him right now,so i can only imagine how jack must be
feeling about him at this point."
"Then i'd better go
down to the station before jack does something that he will
regret."said she,walking away;"Bye,guys."
to be continued...
