Only Hope--Chapter Nine--"Parks...And Missing"

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TC took Cody and Kara to the park the next day. Chris had said she wanted to visit some old friends so TC had agreed. Kara had mostly lugged Cody around, proud of her baby nephew.'

TC laughed as Kara put Cody on her lap and they clapped and shrieked together down the slide. A little while later, Cody started getting fussy so TC said he'd take him and change his diaper and gave him his bottle.

Kara swung on the swings and climbed on thje jungle gym and sat there. She was going to wait until TC came back, then see if maybe she can take Cody up there. She noticed a man walking up to her but didn't think anything about it until she saw who it was.

She stopped and almost fell down as she stared at him. "J-Jay?" she stumbled. "Get down here, Kara." he said. She shook her head. "No. Go Away!" she cried. he took out a gun from his jacket and showed it to her. "Think I won't shoot you. Just think, Kara. Now get DOWN here. Where has your respect gone??" he asked.

She stared at him as she climbed down and landed in his arms. He grabbed her collar and directed her to his car. She turned around and saw TC and Cody walking towards where she ahd been. "TC!" she screamed. Jay grabbed her and shoved her in the passenger seat of the car and sped off.

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TC hadn't heard her and began looking for Kara as Cody did, too. He made whining noises and TC tried to hush him. He walked up to a woman. "Have you seen a little girl? She's around give feet, 90 pounds, blonde hair, blue eyes?" he asked frantically, "her name is Kara and she's eleven."

The woman nodded. "She went off with a man. I think she said his name was Jason, or Jay or something. She went willingly, so I didn't figure anything bad about it."

TC's face fell. "Are you a hundred percent sure? She was wearing blue jeans and a light blue swearshirt-" "Yes, I'm sure." she answered in an annoyed tone.