***Disclaimer: Twilight and it's characters are the creation of Stephenie Meyer. I just like to play with them for my own enjoyment. ***
***AUTHOR"S NOTE***
I struggled with this chapter so it probably one of my shortest.
This is following Cooper during his kidnapping, There is no abuse of a child. I cannot bring myself to write it. We do get a peek into Emily's warped obsession with Sam.
Chapter 10.
The 2 little boys stood next to the men in line. They were waiting for their turn to get some hot chocolates and snacks. One man was on talking his phone and the other was texting someone. They had been at the winter carnival for about an hour and had played games and rode the rides.
"Coop look there is that lady again." JJ whispered to his friend.
"What lady?" Cooper asked looking behind them
"I seen her 3 times when we was sledding and on the horses and now." JJ answered pointing to the woman 3 people behind them in line. "She looks mad. I seen her before yelling at Mommy before. Chief Billy said she can't come to La Push no more." JJ told him
"Why she mad?" Cooper asked. He saw the lady JJ pointed to. She was looking at his Uncle Paul and she did look mad.
"I don't know. But she doesn't like Daddy or Uncle Sam or Uncle Paul. She said mean things and bad words."
Cooper was watching the woman when her eyes met his. She looked mad for a moment before closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. When she opened them, she smiled at him. He smiled back then turned to his friend.
"Daddy, I need to go potty." JJ was tugging on his father's hand as they stepped up to the counter to order their snacks.
"I got him Jay. You stay with Jared, Coop." Paul said taking JJ's hand and they walked toward the restroom.
Cooper watched them go then looked up at Jared.
"You gotta go too?" Jared asked.
"Nope. I'm good. Can I have popcorn?"
"Sure, thing bud. You have to share with JJ okay?"
"Okay." Cooper agreed.
Jared turned back to the person at the counter to add a popcorn to the order and pay. Cooper took a couple steps away as Jared reached for his wallet to avoid getting elbowed. His steps took him around the corner of the snack shed. The back side of the shed was right at the parking lot. A hand clamped on to his shoulder and Coop looked up to see the lady his friend pointed out smiling at him.
"Hi Cooper. I'm Emily. Your daddy sent me to come get you?" she told him smiling
"Why? I am with my Uncle Paul?" Cooper asked
"Well, he missed you and really wanted you to come to his house with me" she answered still smiling and started leading him away from the shed.
"Uncle Paul will take me when he gets back from the potty with JJ." Cooper insisted as he stumbled over his feet.
"Cooper, you come with me right now or you will never see Uncle Paul or your Daddy again." She ordered "And do not make a sound?"
Cooper was scared and clamped his mouth shut. She led him to a nearby car and opened the back door.
"Get in and buckle up." she ordered
"I'm supposed to be in a booster seat." He told her as he climbed in.
"Just buckle up and be quiet." She hissed.
He did as he was told and kept quiet. She got in the car and started driving out of the parking lot. Soon they were on the main road.
"I want my Mama." Cooper said quietly
"I'm your Mama now. You are going to come live with me and Daddy. We will be a family." Emily told him
"Daddy loves my Mama, Uncle Paul said so." Cooper disagreed.
"Your Mama is a slut who stole my husband. She stole my life."
"Don't say mean things about my Mama. My Mama is the nicest person ever." Cooper yelled.
"You will watch your tone young man. Your Daddy and I belong together. We loved each other until your whore mother came along. We were getting married and going to have babies. Now that I have you, he's going to come home to me where he belongs, and we will be a family."
Cooper clamped his mouth shut and clenched his fists. He knew better than to argue with adults. He would be a good boy. He would be good so she would tell Daddy that he was and he would be happy. Daddy liked it that he was such a good, polite boy.
Emily drove a long time. She brought them to a small house and dragged him inside. She made him sit on the couch while she worked on her laptop, muttering to herself. She kept saying things about his Mama. He didn't understand what the words meant but he knew they were mean and not true.
He sat on the dirty couch and kept quiet. He wondered if Uncle Paul and Jared were looking for him. Did they call Mama and Daddy yet? Did they know this mean lady took him? Uncle Charlie is the chief, did someone call him? Uncle Charlie and his Daddy would find him. They are the police and that is what they do.
"We'll have to drive to Seattle and get the tickets in cash." Emily was muttering to herself. She looked over at the boy. He really did look like her Sam. His skin was a couple shades lighter but the eyes, the cheekbones, the shape of his lips. Looking at him she saw what her baby should have looked like. Not the pale thing she gave birth to.
They stayed at the small house for a long time. It dark outside when she ordered him to put on his coat.
"I'm hungry" he whined as she grabbed a couple of bags.
"We will eat on the way." She said distractedly. She led him out to a different car parked in the garage and told him to get in.
Cooper sat in the backseat and looked down at his lap. He knew this lady was taking him away from his family and that made him sad. He missed his Mama and Daddy. He missed his Uncle Paul and hoped he wouldn't be mad at him. He missed Jared and JJ. He wanted to go home to La Push to his family. He wanted his blanket and Kona. He kept quiet so Emily wouldn't say anymore mean things about his Mama. He was determined to be a very good boy so he could see his Daddy faster. He got sleepy and dozed off as they drove on. He woke up when the car started bucking.
"Shit" Emily muttered. She managed to get the car pulled over into the emergency lane. They were almost to Seattle. So close to the airport which was her goal. She turned and looked at the boy in the back seat. "Stay in the car." She ordered as she got out and went around to the front of the car.
Cooper's tummy was growling, and it hurt. He hadn't had anything to eat since Mama made him oatmeal for breakfast. Emily got back into the car and made a call on her cellphone. He didn't pay attention to her. He just concentrated on keeping quiet and being a good boy.
Emily called and arranged for a tow truck. She had no other choice. She would have to get a cab from wherever they towed the car to. She was kicking herself. She switched cars to avoid the cops and now they were dead on the side of road, brilliant.
They sat quietly in the car. Emily watched the boy as he stared out the window. He was glad he didn't look like his slut mother. The woman who stole her Sam. Sure she had been screwing around with Newton and Cullen, but Sam was her security. If he wasn't so far up Charlie Swan's ass and working all the time, he would have had more time for her. He said that Charlie was grooming him to take over as chief when he retired. Being a Police Chief's wife would give her status in the town. She would not have been having flings if she had more of his time. She needed to be the center of his attention.
Suddenly the car was engulfed in blue lights as a cruiser pulled up behind the disabled car.
"Shit!" Emily exclaimed and nervously tried to make out if the cop was approaching the car. She looked to the back seat and saw that Cooper was huddled up in a ball on the seat. A flashlight beam came through the window and landed on the boy's face. He looked toward the window, startled. The beam then moved and flashed in Emily's face.
"Ma'am, please step out of the vehicle. Son, you say right there okay." The officer ordered.
Cooper nodded his head still refusing to speak. Emily got out of the car. The officer took a firm hold of her arm before reaching in to grab her purse, He looked over the seat at the boy.
"Can you tell me your name.?" the officer asked gently.
Cooper glanced over his shoulder where Emily stood rigid. "My name is Cooper Charles Swan. She is not my Mama. My Mama is Lizbeth Swan. My Daddy is Sam Uley and my Uncle is Charlie Swan, he is the police chief in Forks. My daddy is one of his policemen." Cooper said quietly. "Please, I want my mama and daddy."
The cop nodded at him. "You stay right here Cooper I will be right back." He promised.
The officer stood and closed the car door. He walked Emily back toward his car. Cooper unbuckled his seat belt and turned sitting up on his knees. The flashing lights on the cruiser made it impossible for him to see anything so he sat back down.
A few minutes later the door next to him opened revealing the officer.
"Hey Cooper, I am State Trooper Emmett McCarty." The big man said smiling. "You have a lot of people looking for you. How about we get you home."
Cooper smiled at the big bear of a man. "Thank you, Mr. Emmett."
"Come on little man, Let's get you in my car where it is warmer. "The officer extended his large hand to the boy. Cooper took it and followed him back to the cruiser. McCarty got him settled into the front seat and shut the door.
"You better tell him you wanted to come with me." Emily hissed from the back seat as Trooper McCarty made his way around the car.
"Mama always tells me to tell the truth. Only bad people lie, and you are a very bad person." Cooper scowled at her through the wire divider. "You are in big trouble now. "
"You little shit." Emily shrieked as Trooper McCarty got into the car
"Is there a problem Miss Young?" he asked icily.
"No, I was just telling Cooper to tell you the truth. We are on our way to meet Sam. This is a misunderstanding." Emily said calming.
"Mr. Emmett, she is lying. I don't like her. Daddy doesn't like her. She will never be my Mama." Cooper said glaring at Emily."
"Miss Young I read you your rights and I strongly advise you to exercise your right to remain silent." Trooper McCarty snapped glaring at the suspect.
Emily huffed and sat back. She turned and glared out the window.
McCarty turned his attention to Cooper. "We are waiting for another trooper so he can take Emily in his car then I will take you to our station and wait for your family. Sound good?"
"Yes Mr. Emmett." Cooper nodded. McCarty adjusted the heating vents to keep the boy warm while they waited. A few minutes later a cruiser and an unmarked car pulled over behind him.
"COOPER!" Came a shout? McCarty got out of the cruiser to see a man in uniform sprinting down the shoulder toward his cruiser. He was older with dark hair and mustache. He guessed this must be Uncle Charlie and not the father since the boy was clearly of Native American descent and this man wasn't.
"Front seat, Chief." Emmett called out and Chief Swan nodded before ripping the passenger door of the cruiser open.
"Charlie!" came Coopers delighted cry as the man pulled the boy out of the cruiser and hugged him tightly.
"Oh, thank god, thank god, thank god" The chief was chanting as he hugged the boy. He looked over to McCarty. "Thank you" he said with his voice thick with tears.
"Glad to be of service Chief." He nodded at the man.
Charlie carried his nephew back to the unmarked car. They made a convoy of cruisers back to the barracks with one cruiser staying behind to wait on the tow truck. Emmett parked in front of the building while the unmarked cruiser pulled in next to him. Cooper waved to him smiling as his uncle lifted him from the vehicle. Emmett waved back as he opened the back door to get his suspect out of the vehicle.
Inside the building the medics that staged at the station were checking over the boy. They gave him a clean bill of health. The lieutenant gave the all clear for Charlie to take the boy home to his parents since they were related.
Emmett made sure to bid the boy farewell with a snack from his own lunch bag. Some cookies his mother had dropped off to him before he left for his shift. The boy thanked him smiling widely and insisted on giving a couple cookies back to him. Charlie secured the boy in the unmarked cruiser again thanking every god and spirit he could think of that they had been following a lead to Seattle when Cooper was found. He had his nephew back with family safe and sound. Now he would deliver him back to his parent's arms.