Chapter 53 Escape
11th January 1966
6:55AM
"Baby wake up! WAKE UP!" Lisa was shaking me trying to wake me up.
"What the hell Lisa" I rubbed my eyes and sat up.
"It's an emergency" She ran out the room and ran down the stairs. My heart dropped and I got up and ran after her.
She'd stopped by the sofa with a newspaper in her hand.
"Read the front story" She handed it to me.
I grabbed the paper and read the headline.
It read: Notorious mother who tried to kill family escaped from jail yesterday evening. 42 year old Marjorie Houseman.
I dropped the paper and gasped.
"Do you think she's coming here?" I asked.
"We've moved house since then do you think she knows where she lives?" Lisa asked.
"If she did, she'd be here already right? I mean the prison is a 10 minute drive and a 30 minute walk it doesn't take all night"
"Unless she's already got someone like she got Edward" Lisa choked.
We ran up the stairs. Johnny and Daniel had gone to work. We entered Joe's room he was asleep, Tia asleep, Benny asleep, Jayne was downstairs in her highchair and Lilly was asleep.
"Thank god!" I gasped.
"Right no need to panic we wait until Johnny and Daniel are home we tell them the situation and then we decide what to do." Lisa decided.
"Okay I'm going to go wake Joe, Benny and Tia up for school."
4:10pm
"I'm home!" Johnny came through the door smiling he kissed my forehead and put down his dance bag on the table.
"Hey! How was work?" I asked holding Lilly who was currently 8 months old.
"It was good, they're excited to see you tomorrow!" He laughed.
"I need to talk to you, we're just waiting for Dan to come home too" I said putting Lilly on the play mat.
"He should be home soon he finishes work at 4." Lisa adds.
"Where's the kids?" Johnny asks boiling the kettle.
"Joe has football until 5 and then he'll be home for dinner. Benny and Tia are upstairs playing."
"So what is this thing you wanted to tell me?" He asked.
"We're waiting for Dan. It's a big thing I'm surprised you don't know" Lisa laughed.
"Bad or good?"
Lisa and I exchanged looks.
"The suspense is killing me" Johnny sighed taking a mug out of the cupboard.
The door opened and Dan entered.
"Hello everyone!" He laughed kissed Jayne on the head and then kissed Lisa.
"Okay now everyone is here, me and Baby need to tell you something" Lisa began grabbing a newspaper from the dining table.
"Oh god" Dan muttered.
"Both of you need to see this" I handed them a newspaper each.
They took in what they saw and gasped.
"Christ Baby! What do we do?" Johnny asked slamming the newspaper down.
"That's why we wanted you to know, because we don't know" I replied putting my head in my hands.
"We can't just up and leave town we have jobs and responsibilities" Dan concluded.
"She will come for us and she's smart she knows how to get us alone she's learnt from her mistakes" I explained.
"So we leave or die" Lisa looked down at the floor.
"We'll leave tonight then" Johnny decided.
"But how long for?" I asked picking up Lilly.
"Till they've caught her" Dan sipped his coffee.
