Jeff's capture and the rescue of Adam and Randy was national news. Randy was near death when he had been pulled out of the wrecked RV and had actually died twice en route to the hospital. The EMT's revived him both times and got him into the hospital where he endured surgery to save his life, although the odds of him slipping away again were definitely high. If he somehow managed to survive and get out of critical condition, the doctors were positive that he was never going to walk again. As for Adam, his injuries weren't as bad as Randy's (although he really wasn't that well off) but mentally he was much much worse. He went absolutely nuts when the authorities separated him from Jeff. He actually started hitting and kicking at them with his good leg, screaming his head off for Jeff. That stunned the people trying to help him and finally they just had to sedate him because he was so hysterical. Of course nobody thought to mention that to Judy when they told her that they had found Adam. Not that she would have really listened to them anyway. As soon as she heard that Adam was alive and in one piece, all she wanted to know was when she could go see him. They told her she could go as soon as he got out of the surgery to remove the bullet from his leg and was placed in recovery. While she was waiting, she called her sister and had her come to the hospital so Jay wouldn't be left alone while she went to go see Adam.
Before she walked into Adam's room she took a moment to brace herself because she knew that after seeing Jay in the state he was in, there was an extreme need to prepare for the worst. "Here we go," she said softly, taking a deep breath and mustering up her courage to open the door and step inside. Adam was asleep on the bed, still knocked out from the surgery that he just had. "Oh sweetie…" Feeling her chest tighten up, she fought back tears and slowly approached the bed, grabbing a chair and sinking down into it. It was fucking killing her to see her baby like this. Even though she would never admit it out loud, this was worse for her than seeing Jay like he was. She loved Jay to death and he was like a son to her but Adam was literally her son. Her flesh, her blood, her everything…he was the reason she had worked her ass off every day with two jobs that she had absolutely hated. She had worked her ass off to support him and made sure he had a roof over his head and food in his stomach and she didn't regret a second of it. His happiness was the one thing that had truly mattered to her over the years and knowing that someone had hurt him without her being able to do anything about it made her feel like she had failed as a parent.
She took his hand and squeezed it tightly and just sat there, keeping a constant vigil over him. Time dragged on forever but she didn't even bother looking at the clock. That was just going to make time go slower. So she just focused on watching Adam and fighting the urge she had to close her eyes. Now was not the time to sleep. She could sleep later. Right now, she had to focus on Adam.
She had no idea how long she just sat there. What she did know was that some of the weight felt like it was being lifted off her chest as his eyes finally opened up. "Adam!" she said, immediately planting at least a dozen kisses all over his face.
Adam stared at her blankly before blinking several times. He was still loopy from the anesthesia and it took him a few minutes to truly focus in on her. "Mom?" he finally croaked slowly.
Judy nodded. "Yeah. It's me."
Adam's lips twitched but then his face fell as he looked around the room and saw that nobody else was in there. "Where's Jeff?" he asked. "I want Jeff. Let me see Jeff."
Judy frowned in confusion. "Jeff?"
Adam looked around, going silent as he remembered how he and Jeff had been ripped apart. "No," he whimpered. He gave Judy a desperate look. "Tell them to let him go. Please Momma, tell them to let him out and come see me. They took him away but he loves me and he promised we'd be together forever."
Judy just stared at him, beyond concerned at the moment. The authorities had told her that one of the kidnappers' names had been Jeff but that couldn't be who he was talking about…could it? No, Judy told herself. That's not right. That can't be it. There has to be someone else named Jeff that he's talking about.
"Jeff!" Adam cried out, doing his best to sit up. His body gave out on him and he collapsed back on to the bed, prompting him to instantly burst into tears. Judy immediately pulled him into her arms and hugged him tightly, so baffled that she couldn't even speak. "Jeff," he moaned miserably, allowing Judy to hold him and rock him back and forth as he wallowed in his misery. "Jeff…"
…
"LET ME GO!" Jeff screamed as he fought to get out of his restraints. He had woken up strapped down to a bed and he was beyond furious about that. All he could even really think about was the look on Adam's face when they had been ripped away from each other and that spurred his anger on even more. "LET ME GO! I WANT ADAM LET ME SEE ADAM!" He fought to get himself loose, not even noticing that all his struggling was accomplishing was digging restraints deeper into his skin. "ADAM!" How the fuck could they do this to him? Why wouldn't they let him see Adam? Where had the sons of bitches taken him? Was he alright? Was he safe? Were they ever going to see each other again? Those fucking questions kept crossing his mind and it was hurting him not to have the answers to them. He didn't even really care where James and Mark and all them were. All he cared about was Adam.
Taking a couple ragged breaths as he tried to regain his breath, he looked around and saw that he was in a white room with concrete walls and no window. He had been put into isolation. He fucking hated isolation. It was always so lonely and he couldn't stand that. "LET ME OUT!" he screamed, thrashing his head from side to side. "LET ME GO! ADAM! ADAM!"
"Would you shut up?" a guard growled as he came in carrying a syringe full of some kind of drug.
Jeff just snarled and made an attempt to bite the guard. The guard's eyes narrowed and he whipped out a nightstick so he could bash Jeff across the face with it. The blow had Jeff seeing stars and he didn't even feel it when the needle was jammed into his neck and his body was pumped full of the drug. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and he drifted back into unconsciousness, where he was still with his precious Addy.
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"Daddy why don't the TV talk right?" Connor asked. He was sitting on the hotel room floor, frowning at the program he was watching.
"We're in Mexico dumbass," Cooper reminded him. "The people here talk Spanish and that's what their TV shows are in too."
Connor pouted his lips and shook his head. "I don't like it. I don't know what they're saying. I want to watch shows in American. Go get me an American TV Coopy."
"I'm not getting you shit," Cooper said. He reached over and slapped Connor on the back of the head. "So just keep quiet."
Connor made a face and slapped Cooper's leg. "MEAN!"
Mark rolled his eyes as the usual argument and wrestling match broke out between Cooper and Connor. They always did that shit and while it always used to annoy Mark and still sometimes did, tonight he had more important things on his mind. "You okay?" he asked James, nudging him gently with his elbow.
James just shrugged. "I…I'm not sure."
Mark frowned. That wasn't a good answer. "What's the matter?" he asked.
James shrugged again. "I just…where do you think Jeff is right now?"
Mark shook his head. "Probably in the nuthouse right now."
"Yeah…but don't you feel bad about it?"
Mark tilted his head to the side and thought about it. "Maybe a little bit, but what were we supposed to do? We couldn't go down with him."
"I know but there has to be something we can do. I mean as annoying as the little shit was, we can't just leave him there."
"I'm not going back there on a suicide rescue mission," Mark stated. "And neither are you."
"Well no shit I'm not," James said with a snort. "I'm not retarded. But…I think I have an idea."
"Oh yeah? And what is it."
"Let's just say it involves cashing in on a favor…"
