Chapter 10

June 2001 sand it's Bethany's 1st birthday and they have a party for her all the neighbours come round to celebrate Sarah asks Candice to come too but when she leaves early Sarah isn't happy and walks outside she talks to Hayley

"Don't get me wrong I love Bethany to bits but I wanted to go bowling with Candice and todd" Sarah explains to Hayley

"I wish I could relate but it must be hard" Hayley tells her

"No one understands" Sarah says

After the party Sarah tells Gail how a cheque for £100 has been sent from Neil's parents and she doesn't know what to do,

"She's mine and no one else's" Sarah says to Gail

"A cheque for £100 won't change that and I don't think they expect to either" Gail explains to her daughter

Sarah has been chatting on chatrooms under the name Louise and says she's 16 and has met a nice lad called Gary who claims to be 16 they are chatting and have been for a while exchanging photos and numbers but one day he tells Sarah he is actually 19 Sarah is a little annoyed about this but still chats to him and everything is going well until one day he asks her to meet him at his house,

Sarah leaves Bethany with her grandma Audrey and goes with Candice to the house

"This is it" Sarah says to Candice

"I'm jealous he looks amazing" Candice says

Sarah walks to the house rings the door bell and is greeted by a man who says he is Gary's father and Gary is out but won't be long so to come in and wait.

"Your very pretty" he tells Sarah "Gary is always talking about you"

He offers Sarah a glass of wine and tells her it's stupid parents who don't let there kids drink

They wait and Sarah asks how long he will be he pretends to make the phone call and tells Sarah he won't be long

"Your like twin spirits" he tells her

Sarah is confused "have you read our conversations"

"I haven't been completely honest with you" Gary tells her

Sarah is very scared "what she says"

"I'm Gary" the middle aged man tells her

Candice is telling Todd about Sarah but only to be over heard by Gail who wants to know where Sarah is, Todd tells her all he knows and Martin goes looking for Candice who tells him Gary's address.

Sarah and Gary are talking Sarah tells him age doesn't matter and confuses her name is not Louise but Sarah and she is 14 not 16 he tells her how her lying about her age is just the same as what he did and Sarah seams to think it's okay,

Gail and Martin arrives at Gary's Sarah is worried so she hides in another room while Gary lets them in, they want to know where Sarah is,

"She is out at the multiplex with my son Gary" he tells them

Gail is okay about and tells Gary to tell Sarah to gives them a call and they'll collect her later but he says it's okay and himself or his wife will drop Sarah at home, they leaves and Sarah comes out from her hiding place.

Sarah believes that being with Gary is okay and as they talk Sarah thinks she has a friend wanting to tell him everything

"There is something I haven't told you" Sarah tells Gary

"I have a baby" she continues to say

She tells him she's not a slag it was just one time and Gary doesn't blame her and tells her she's a brilliant person.

Later on Sarah begin to get worried as Gary makes her dinner she uses he phone to call Candice she asks her to come to the house and collect her but Gary catches her and shouts but she makes out she's been that comfy she forgot to ask. Gary asks her upstairs and shows her the computer where they have had there conversations, Candice and Todd turn up only Todd goes to the door as he knocks

"It might be my friend Candice she said she makes gut pop round" Sarah says

"It's a lad don't worry I'll get rid of him" Gary explains

As Gary leaves the room he locks Sarah in the room as she tries to door she can't get out she looks out the window to see Candice and Todd walking away as Gary told Todd that Sarah has already left, but Candice seem Sarah in the window they phone Gail who tells Candice to phone the police.

Gary arrives back in the room to find Sarah in tears

"You locked me in you locked the door" she shouts at him

"I did it for your own safety" he tells her

Things begin to get nasty as they argue Gary suggests to sleep together but Sarah backs off

He goes on about how she doesn't like him but Sarah says she does,

"I'll scream and I'll shout" Sarah says

"no one will hear you" Gary tells her nastily

As the continue to shout at each other he hits Sarah leaving her shaken, Todd breaks into Gary's house as he is looking for Sarah Gary goes at him from behind causes him to fall and hit his head Sarah hinds under the bed,

"Sarah I'm not playing games here" Gary hunts the house shouting

When Gary finds her he drags her down the stairs but she leaves go of his hand causing him to fall, at 1st Sarah thinks he is dead so she goes to find Todd.

When they arrive back to Gary he has gone he comes up behind Sarah and puts his hand over her mouth just as the police and Gail turn up to save them.

The police question Sarah about the ordeal they also question Gary and search his house but as they don't find enough evidence they charge him with false imprisonment rather than child abduction this leaves Sarah nervous he may come back for her.

Martin and david has been away with the websters and the droppers on a camping trip, he returns home after getting a phone call from Gail, when Martin arrives,

"How are you" Martin asks Sarah

She tells him she is fine and everyone needs to stop asking Gary never touched her he just scared her.

Martin suggests takes Sarah back to the campsite with him so she can have a break Gail isn't sure but Sarah wants too but asks if Candice can come along who also invites Todd.

The following day they are all ready to go camping Sarah says good bye to Bethany but candices mum turns up since Sarah had Bethany Mrs stowe hasn't liked Sarah she thinks she's a bad influence on Candice so Candice is dragged down the street leaving Todd and Sarah to go camping.