Longing to Break Free
Chapter 13
Jack gazed longingly at the phone wishing that it would ring. He kept hoping it would ring and that he would finally receive good news on his son. More than anything he just wanted someone to tell him his son had been found. Yet it never happened.
He was about to give up and go do something else when suddenly the phone rang.
He immediately picked it up.
"Jack?" he recognized Chad's voice.
"Hey Chad," Jack closed his eyes as he spoke.
"Oh my God, Jack! You are not going to believe this, but we found Troy!" Chad quickly told him.
Jack's eyes immediately flew open and they grew very wide. Jack couldn't believe what he had just heard. He was in shock, "You what?" he gasped; he could feel a tear fall from his eye, "Oh my God, is he okay? Where… where was he?" he frantically started looking around for his wife, but couldn't find her anywhere near him.
"He… he was kidnapped. Gabriella and I found him," Chad explained, "We are not sure who did it."
Jack gasped. He had been afraid something like that might have happened to his son. It was one of his worst fears. He suddenly felt even more worried about his son. He squeezed his eyes shut and prayed his son was okay, "Oh my God, I hope he is okay! Where is he right now?"
"We are taking him to the hospital right now…. And I just called the police about a second before I called you and filled them in on everything I knew…" Chad's voice trailed off.
"Oh God! Okay, we will meet you there right away Chad," Jack's voice trembled as he spoke.
"Okay we will see you there," Chad spoke quickly. They both hung up.
"Laura!" Jack cried out to his wife suddenly, he raced off to find his wife, so he could tell her the good news that their son had finally been found.
Fifteen minutes later Chad sat next to an extremely worried Gabriella in the hospital. He was really worried about Troy himself. Jason and Kelsi sat on the other side of Gabriella.
They were waiting for everyone else to arrive. No one else had gotten there yet.
"I am just so incredibly worried about him," Gabriella was crying as she spoke. Kelsi was holding onto her, "I hate this! Why hasn't Troy woken up yet?" Kelsi looked helplessly at Chad and Jason. Chad sadly gazed back at Kelsi.
He suddenly looked up however as he spotted Taylor and Ryan racing towards them.
"Oh my God, thank goodness both of you are okay!" Taylor cried, as she rushed to her boyfriend. He stood up and they quickly met in a hug.
"Gabriella, I'm glad you're okay" Ryan spoke softly, "You too, Chad."
Sharpay and Zeke were suddenly right behind them. The only ones who weren't here now were the Bolton's.
"How is Troy?" Zeke asked worriedly.
"Yeah how is he? I can't believe that you found him! Thank the lord!" Taylor exclaimed, as she broke away from Chad.
"They won't tell us anything till the Bolton's get here," Chad explained, "I hate that we have to wait to find out how he is."
"I just wish we could find out if he's going to be okay," Gabriella spoke rather shakily, as Sharpay held her.
"I think we're all just so glad that you found him," Sharpay gazed at Gabriella and then at Chad, "That's so amazing that you even did."
"Troy has to be okay," Taylor whispered, as she stood next to Chad.
Chad sighed, "I just wish we knew if he will be."
At that moment Jack and Laura burst in, both of them looking frantic.
"Where is my son?" Jack demanded to know as soon as he entered the room. He immediately noticed everyone and started to move towards them, "I need to see my son now!"
"Oh God, where is my baby?" Laura was crying. It looked like she had been crying for awhile, "Where is my boy?"
"They wouldn't tell us anything until you got here," Chad quickly filled them in.
Jack looked around desperately; he couldn't stand it any longer. He had to know how his son was, "Where can I find someone who knows where Troy is?"
Chad pointed towards a nurse, "Over there." He quickly instructed them.
Jack immediately went that direction, Laura following him closely behind. They moved there way closer towards the nurse, they were very anxious to finally get answers on the condition of their son.
They both desperately had to know if their son was going to be okay.
Gabriella was sitting next to Troy's hospital bed. She was finally getting the chance to see him. Jack and Laura had been in for quite awhile then they had allowed her to come in and visit with him. The rest of the group had not seen him yet though.
The worst of his injuries were a couple of bruised ribs. But the doctor had told them that Troy should be okay.
More than anything she wanted him to just wake up. She had been worried about him for so long and she just wanted to be absolutely sure that he was okay.
She closed her eyes and began to pray for him.
"Gabriella," she could suddenly hear a familiar soft voice say her name.
Her eyes grew wide as she heard his voice. Suddenly a huge smile formed on her face.
She looked up to see that he was finally awake and his eyes were looking back at her.