Chapter 11: HELP!!
"They won't even let you leave your room!" Ruthie exclaimed.
"I can't do anything till Emma's back and safe. Thanks a lot, girls," Elliot told Ruthie and Kim.
"We're sorry. We didn't know you would be hurt out of this. If we did would we have done it?" Kim asked
"I bet you would have done it anyway then apologize the same way," Elliot pointed out.
Both girls nodded at approval to Elliot's comment. Then they smiled at each other.
Same time at Cleo's
"You know Em's parents went to the police to find her," Cleo told Rikki who was now sleeping over.
"That means this could get really bad, and might end with me in England," Rikki said.
Cleo looked away for a sec. then looked back at Rikki. Then she tossed a dress hanging on her bed to the floor in front of the door.
Just then Lewis ran in and stepped on the dress. He looked happy.
"You have a plan, don't you?" Rikki asked.
"I have the best plan," Lewis said. "We dress up as her bosses and incest we see what she is doing. Then we mess something up, she leaves, we take Em. What do you think? Cleo you could ware this." He held up the dress he just stepped on.
Both girls looked at him with confused looks. Then they started laughing. Lewis could not figure out why.
"Well I thing that is the stupidest plan you have ever come up with," Rikki told him.
"Don't hold back," Lewis said with a disappointed look.
"Lewis, we need a good plan, one that would work. Try again," Cleo said with a smile.
Rikki's mom's lab
What do I do? Kit thought. She put her hand on Emma's head. Em was cold.
"This can't be happening," Kit whispered.
She thought quick and grabbed her phone and called Ruthie. What will I say to Ruthie? Ask her to come home, tell her the truth.
She did not have much more time to think because Ruthie picked up.
"Ruthie, sweetie, can you come home? I need to speak to you," Kit said to her daughter.
Ruthie headed home to find her mother freaked out in the living room.
"What's wrong, mom?" she asked.
"Come look at this," Kit said guiding Ruthie into her lab.
She showed her where Emma was lying and Ruthie gasped. This is bad. Ruthie thought.
"What do you think I should do?" Kit asked.
"You'll have to tell Rikki," Ruthie pointed out.
"I wasn't thinking on doing that," Kit confessed.
"Then I guess you should start thinking about that or get ready for jail," Ruthie said heading to her room.
She's right, I have to tell Rikki. Kit thought looking back at Emma.
Ruthie's room
Ruthie ran into her room, jumped up on her bed and grabbed the phone on the bedside table. She quickly dialed Kim's number and waited as the phone rang. Un to her luck, Cleo picked up.
"Um, can I speak to Kim?" Ruthie asked.
"Shore, I'll go get her," Cleo replied. Then there was a silence on the other end.
"Ruthie, what's up," Kim answered.
"My mom hurt Emma!"
"What!?"
The next day
Rikki and Cleo tiptoed into Rikki's house at 5:00am, when it was still dark outside, quiet enough not to wake anyone. They slid into Rikki's room without anyone noticing them. As soon as the door closed Rikki ran to get her duffle from under her bed. Cleo stood behind her watching her.
Ruthie looked out from Rikki's closet. She stayed quiet so the other girls would not hear them. The closet door was open just enough for Ruthie to look out.
Rikki finished packing her shirts and headed over to her closet. She spun around when she heard what she thought was some one in the hall. Cleo flicked the lights off, took out a flashlight, and handed it to Rikki. Then Rikki opened the door keeping the flashlight down. She saw a set of feet. Rikki slowly moved the flashlight up to see the face of the person, and then jumped back.
"It's just me," Ruthie whispered.
"What are you doing here, in my room?" Rikki asked.
"Being a little sister, I guess," Cleo whispered.
"I'm so sorry," Ruthie cried. "It was not supposed to be like this. I'm sorry."