Just because you're so kind with your reviews, I'll upload chapter 10 and 11 before I turn in for the night :)) Keep R&R!
Chapter 10.
Bill Duncan and Mike Jones got out of their car at Gladys just a few minutes after they had gotten the call. Even before they opened the car doors they could hear a little child scream out in pain. One man was running around in circles, obviously in shock. Another police car rolled up behind them, and Mike yelled to them to secure the area.
"There's two ambulances on their way, make sure they have a clear path!" Mike told the other cops, before turning towards Bill. "I'll help him, you help the girl as we wait."
Bill nodded and walked over to the street where the little girl was laying in front of the a car. A woman was sitting next to the girl, keeping her head still, trying to comfort her. The girl was crying, crying and crying, letting out screams frequently. Bill knelt besides her. He felt how the goose bumps formed. He hated when the victims screamed, and he hated when it was kids. He looked down at the girl. He recognized her so very well, but he couldn't place her in his mind. He'd seen those dark eyes before, but he remember them as bright, and with a twinkle. Now the eyes just said pain and fear.
"Do you know what happened?" He asked the woman.
"Yeah, I saw it from across the street. She was on the sidewalk, then she looked over at my store across the street, and then she just ran towards it. She didn't even look at the road, and the man didn't have a chance to stop."
"Have you seen a parent?"
"No, no one. Must be a runaway. But at this age?"
"Well, everything's possible. Do you think you can stay around for a moment so we can take your statement?"
"Of course."
"Good." Bill said, turning towards the girl. "Hey, kiddo. My name is Bill. Can you tell me your name?"
"El-la…"
"Do you know your last name?"
"Ga-rr-ett…"
A light bulb was lit above Bill's head.
"Wait… You're Kelly's daughter?"
Ella nodded a barely visible nod before closing her eyes in pain again.
"Oh God. Ella, sweetie, don't worry. We're going to help you, okay? I'm going to call your mother and she'll be with you soon too."
"Kris…"
"What about her?"
"Kris!" Ella screamed, and begun crying even more.
In the same time, paramedic's entered the scene, and Bill and the woman moved away to leave the paramedics some room to work.
"Do you know her name?" One of the medic's asked Bill.
"Yeah. Ella Garrett. Her mother is a close friend to my ex-wife."
"Why is she alone here?"
"I have no idea, but I'm going to figure it out."
The paramedics nodded, and then begun their work.
"Hey Ella. I'm Tony, this is Mark. We're going to give you something to help you with the pain, and then we're going to help you down to the hospital, okay? Don't worry, you're back home before you know it." One of the guys said, as he gave Ella morphine, gave her some oxygen by a mask and started an IV. As soon as the morphine kicked in, Ella stopped screaming and the loud noise was replaced with some sobbing.
"Ella, can you tell me where you hurt?" One of the medics said as he put a collar around her neck, and together the two medics moved her over to a spine board. Even before Ella managed to answer, they had cut through Kris' big sweater and put Ella's arm in an inflated cast to keep it still. They could immediately see that it was out of place.
"Aunt Kris…" Ella whispered, drifting away due to the pain meds.
"Ella? What about her?" Bill asked.
"Kris… Kris! Aunt… Kris…"
The paramedics lifted her up on a gurney and rolled her towards the ambulance. They didn't even reach the ambulance before Ella fell asleep.
"Who is this Kris?" One of the medics asked.
"It's her mother's closest friend. I don't know why she's calling her name."
"Well, she's in shock. We need to get her down, her arm's probably broken and the elbow looks dislocated."
"I'll call her mother from my car."
"Good."
"Thank you."
Bill watched how they loaded in the little girl into the ambulance. Everything sounded so quiet now when the screams were out. Bill leaned against his car, and watched how the driver that had hit Ella was being placed on a gurney as well, and loaded into another ambulance. His eyes were wide in fear, and he was shaking badly. They managed to strap him down and they put him in the ambulance. Bill noticed one of his coworkers was taking the woman's statement, and one of the other officers were talking in his phone.
Bill took a deep breath before sliding down into his car, pulling the phone towards his ear, talking to the operator, and within a moment, he'd been transferred.
"Yeah?"
It had been a long time since he heard that woman's voice. They never got along well, they never had. Kelly was not a fan of him, and he couldn't stand the woman to be honest. Too stubborn. But he knew that there was another side of Kelly which she rarely showed. He knew she cared deeply for only a few people in the world, and she would walk to hell and back to protect them. Why was Ella alone? It really didn't make any sense. Kelly would NEVER let her alone like this. In her pajamas and a big collage sweater. It had said San Fran Police Academy on it. Didn't Kris go there? Is she supposed to be babysitting? If Kris had been babysitting her, and Kris was unharmed, Kelly was going to hang her by the neck, Bill could feel it. She was going to freak, and Bill was so happy that he was on this side of the line.
"Kelly?"
"Who's this?"
"Bill. D-duncan." Bill found himself trembling. He'd always hated this part of being a cop. Like most of the cops out there. Telling the family bad news was never fun.
"What's wrong?"
"It's Ella. There's been an accident."