Chapter 21: House Search
The next day, Caitie woke up on Billy's bed, but Billy wasn't there. For a moment, she had forgotten
where she was, and thought she was at Jaime's. She started to get up, but when the memories of the
night before flashed back in her mind, she laid back down.
An hour later she woke up and went down stairs. Jaime was watching cartoons, and Billy was sitting
on a chair, with a cigarette in his mouth, staring at him. When Jaime saw his mother, he ran into her
arms and held her for a while. She picked him up. "Have you had breakfast yet?" She asked him. He
shook his head no.
They headed towards the kitchen, but Billy stopped them. "No. You're not eating yet. Not until
you've done your morning chores."
Billy and Caitie scrubbed and wiped and plunged. They spent two hours cleaning, and Jaime tried
not to complain, but his stomach suggested other wise. "Mom I'm hungry."
"I know hunny. Mom is too. But were almost done."
Three hours later, Billy let them each have a bowl of cereal, a piece of toast and some orange juice.
"You can take a break after this, but the bedrooms need to be dusted." He demanded.
"Sir, I can take care of that. Perhaps the mistress would like to take a swim in the pool." Maurine
suggested.
"Shut your mouth Maurine. This isn't your place."
Jaime fell asleep around five from exhaustion. Caitie made dinner for Billy that night. Fish Taco's and
salad. Billy requested it. He took one bite and then spit it out. "This is awful. You can't cook." He
walked over to Caitie and tried to slap her again, but she ducked. When she came up, he pushed her
back. "Show some respect. You better watch yourself if you want you and your son to survive
here."
He went back to hit her again, but the doorbell rang. "Go upstairs." Caitie stared at him for a minute,
than followed his request. "Make a sound, and you'll pay."
Billy went to answer the door, and a man in a dark suit stould before him. "Hi. I've had some
complaints about this house. Some people heard some noise, and well, you know."
"Of course, come in."
"Nice place you have here."
"Yeah, it was my parents, but they passed away."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"So, who do you work for?"
"Oh, the KPPD"
"Huh?"
"Kingsport Police Department."
"Oh. Well, It was probably just the T.V they heard. I sometimes turn the volume way up."
"I'm sure. Mind if I look upstairs?"
Billy paused for a minute. "Sure." He said through his teeth.
The man walked up the stairs and peeked his head in all the doors. He heard a noise behind one of
the closed down, and turned around. "Well, nothing up here. Your probably right. Just the TV."
Billy sighed to himself with relief. "Yeah. I promise to keep it down from now on."
The man nodded and then headed down stairs. As he walked out the door, Billy headed back
upstairs. The man got one last glance at Billy and the direction he was going in, and then continued
out side.
He was greeted by a tall slim blond in a hug. "Well?" She asked.
"She's upstairs." He answered.
"Oh Tyler, I'm so scared."
"It's O.K Val."
"I can't believe the police wouldn't listen to us."
"Don't worry, all we have to do is get Caitie out of there. Look, there's Jaime."
"Hey. You find her?" Jaime asked. John followed him. They all crouched down by a bush next to
Billy's garage.
"Yeah. She's upstairs, and he just went up there to her." Tyler stated.
Jaime quickly got up, ready to run in, but Tyler grabbed him. "No Jaime. We need to wait."
"How are we going to get in?" Val asked.
"Perhaps I can help!" They turned around to see a short dark skin women with a smile on her face.
Billy opened the door Caitie and Jaime were hiding in. "Caitie, come with me." Caitie new he was
angry. She touched Jaime's head to reassure him, than followed Billy out of the room into his own.
"You called the police didn't you. Thinking they would find you?" He hit her across the face. "What's
your problem Caitie?" He pushed her down.
She screamed trying to reassure him she didn't make the call.
"Shut up Caitie. Don't lie to me. You don't get it do you? You're never going to escape." He walked
over to his dresser. Caitie tried to see what it was he was pulling out. She saw the moonlight gleam
on it. "Not going any where!" He quickened his pace, and Caitie saw a knife held I his hand. He
lifted it above her head, and she screamed.
He was about to draw the knife down, but a voice stopped him.
"Sir. Sir, I'm back."
"What do you want Maurine?"
"Well, my house is being bug bombed, and I had no where else to go. May I stay here?"
Billy glared at Caitie. "Yes that's fine. Make me a sand which Maurine?"
"Sure thing sir."
"I'll be back." Billy went down stairs and Caitie flung herself down to the bed.
Billy headed down stairs, and Maurine kept him pre occupied in the kitchen. Tyler and Jaime
headed up stairs, and Val and John waited out side.
Caitie trembled as she heard foot steps coming upstairs. She closed her eyes and awaited what
would come next.
"Caitie!" The voice didn't belong to Billy. But she new who did own it. She opened her eyes.
"Jaime!" She ran into his arms and started crying, but he hushed her.
Tyler came in a minute later with Caitie's son. They all quietly went down stairs. They froze as they
heard some one coming out of the kitchen. They heard Billy's voice. "Call for me when it's ready
Maurine." They could see him now. But a second later Maurine called out, "It's ready sir."
He turned back around and the four crept out of the house.
The next day, Caitie woke up on Billy's bed, but Billy wasn't there. For a moment, she had forgotten
where she was, and thought she was at Jaime's. She started to get up, but when the memories of the
night before flashed back in her mind, she laid back down.
An hour later she woke up and went down stairs. Jaime was watching cartoons, and Billy was sitting
on a chair, with a cigarette in his mouth, staring at him. When Jaime saw his mother, he ran into her
arms and held her for a while. She picked him up. "Have you had breakfast yet?" She asked him. He
shook his head no.
They headed towards the kitchen, but Billy stopped them. "No. You're not eating yet. Not until
you've done your morning chores."
Billy and Caitie scrubbed and wiped and plunged. They spent two hours cleaning, and Jaime tried
not to complain, but his stomach suggested other wise. "Mom I'm hungry."
"I know hunny. Mom is too. But were almost done."
Three hours later, Billy let them each have a bowl of cereal, a piece of toast and some orange juice.
"You can take a break after this, but the bedrooms need to be dusted." He demanded.
"Sir, I can take care of that. Perhaps the mistress would like to take a swim in the pool." Maurine
suggested.
"Shut your mouth Maurine. This isn't your place."
Jaime fell asleep around five from exhaustion. Caitie made dinner for Billy that night. Fish Taco's and
salad. Billy requested it. He took one bite and then spit it out. "This is awful. You can't cook." He
walked over to Caitie and tried to slap her again, but she ducked. When she came up, he pushed her
back. "Show some respect. You better watch yourself if you want you and your son to survive
here."
He went back to hit her again, but the doorbell rang. "Go upstairs." Caitie stared at him for a minute,
than followed his request. "Make a sound, and you'll pay."
Billy went to answer the door, and a man in a dark suit stould before him. "Hi. I've had some
complaints about this house. Some people heard some noise, and well, you know."
"Of course, come in."
"Nice place you have here."
"Yeah, it was my parents, but they passed away."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"So, who do you work for?"
"Oh, the KPPD"
"Huh?"
"Kingsport Police Department."
"Oh. Well, It was probably just the T.V they heard. I sometimes turn the volume way up."
"I'm sure. Mind if I look upstairs?"
Billy paused for a minute. "Sure." He said through his teeth.
The man walked up the stairs and peeked his head in all the doors. He heard a noise behind one of
the closed down, and turned around. "Well, nothing up here. Your probably right. Just the TV."
Billy sighed to himself with relief. "Yeah. I promise to keep it down from now on."
The man nodded and then headed down stairs. As he walked out the door, Billy headed back
upstairs. The man got one last glance at Billy and the direction he was going in, and then continued
out side.
He was greeted by a tall slim blond in a hug. "Well?" She asked.
"She's upstairs." He answered.
"Oh Tyler, I'm so scared."
"It's O.K Val."
"I can't believe the police wouldn't listen to us."
"Don't worry, all we have to do is get Caitie out of there. Look, there's Jaime."
"Hey. You find her?" Jaime asked. John followed him. They all crouched down by a bush next to
Billy's garage.
"Yeah. She's upstairs, and he just went up there to her." Tyler stated.
Jaime quickly got up, ready to run in, but Tyler grabbed him. "No Jaime. We need to wait."
"How are we going to get in?" Val asked.
"Perhaps I can help!" They turned around to see a short dark skin women with a smile on her face.
Billy opened the door Caitie and Jaime were hiding in. "Caitie, come with me." Caitie new he was
angry. She touched Jaime's head to reassure him, than followed Billy out of the room into his own.
"You called the police didn't you. Thinking they would find you?" He hit her across the face. "What's
your problem Caitie?" He pushed her down.
She screamed trying to reassure him she didn't make the call.
"Shut up Caitie. Don't lie to me. You don't get it do you? You're never going to escape." He walked
over to his dresser. Caitie tried to see what it was he was pulling out. She saw the moonlight gleam
on it. "Not going any where!" He quickened his pace, and Caitie saw a knife held I his hand. He
lifted it above her head, and she screamed.
He was about to draw the knife down, but a voice stopped him.
"Sir. Sir, I'm back."
"What do you want Maurine?"
"Well, my house is being bug bombed, and I had no where else to go. May I stay here?"
Billy glared at Caitie. "Yes that's fine. Make me a sand which Maurine?"
"Sure thing sir."
"I'll be back." Billy went down stairs and Caitie flung herself down to the bed.
Billy headed down stairs, and Maurine kept him pre occupied in the kitchen. Tyler and Jaime
headed up stairs, and Val and John waited out side.
Caitie trembled as she heard foot steps coming upstairs. She closed her eyes and awaited what
would come next.
"Caitie!" The voice didn't belong to Billy. But she new who did own it. She opened her eyes.
"Jaime!" She ran into his arms and started crying, but he hushed her.
Tyler came in a minute later with Caitie's son. They all quietly went down stairs. They froze as they
heard some one coming out of the kitchen. They heard Billy's voice. "Call for me when it's ready
Maurine." They could see him now. But a second later Maurine called out, "It's ready sir."
He turned back around and the four crept out of the house.