Chapter 50
Kim heard the voices first. She heard Jimmy saying, "What do you mean you can't find her?"
She heard Bosco reply, "Jimmy, we've got every available officer out looking for this guy. Ty and Sully came back in to work and they're on their way over here also. Even the medics are on the alert. Doc, Alex and Carlos have come back in to look also."
And then Faith, "Kim? Kim? Can you hear me? There you are," she said as Kim slowly opened her eyes. "You gave us quite a scare. How are you feeling?"
"My Mom. Where is she? Where's Abby. Are they alright?" Kim asked in rapid succession, not allowing anyone to give her an answer. Jimmy heard that she was awake and immediately came to her side.
"Kim, honey? Are you okay?" he asked, taking her hand in his. "Doc checked you over and said you just passed out, but I want you to take it easy," he finished, motioning Doc over to check on her again.
"Jimmy, what's going on?" she asked him urgently.
"Well, when Bosco and Faith got here, there were no lights on in or outside the house. They found Thompson out back. He's gonna be okay, but he's out of commission for a while. They found a place at the back of the house where he got in. He must have drawn Thompson's attention to the back and then surprised him," Jimmy was explaining when Kim interrupted him.
"Jimmy! Mom and Abby! Where are they? Are they okay?" she asked him again.
"Kim, your Mom is at Mercy. She's gonna be okay, she's just banged up a bit. Bosco and Faith found her tied up in a closet. But," he said, hesitating for a moment. "We don't know where Abby is right now." He saw the anguish rise in her face and quickly added, "But, everyone's out looking and WE ARE going to find her," he finished.
"Oh my God," Kim said. "This is all my fault."
"What?" Jimmy said. "Kim, how could ANY of this be your fault?"
"Jimmy, don't you see. If I'd never left, we'd all still be together and everyone would be safe. I would have been here to keep Melanie away from Tony," Kim said, always the one to mother everyone. "Bobby's mother would still have her house, Bobby wouldn't be in the hospital, Mom wouldn't be in the hospital and Abby would be safe," she said starting to cry. Jimmy held her close when she suddenly pulled away. "Where's Joey and Charlie?!" she said loudly looking around for them.
"My brother came to get them," Faith said. "Joey has my nephew to play with and my sister-in-law loves getting her hands on babies. They'll be fine. Plus, Stanley has no tie to you or Melanie whatsoever so Tony will never find them," she added. Kim looked at Jimmy.
Jimmy nodded and said to her quietly, "Kim, they're fine this time. Stanley and his family are really nice people. They'll take good care of them. And, its just until we get Abby back and put Tony behind bars," Jimmy assured her. Kim relaxed slightly, but knew she wouldn't completely relax until her relatives and children were safe from this psycho.
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Tony knew he couldn't go back to his apartment, so he got a motel room for the night. Abby was sound asleep again and he had time to think of what he was going to do. He had to make plans on how to get out of New York City with her. She only knew him as Daddy, so that wouldn't be a problem. People would just think that the little girl was all her father had left. "That may happen yet," he thought to himself as he thought of ways that he'd like to be rid of Melanie AND her family.
Kim heard the voices first. She heard Jimmy saying, "What do you mean you can't find her?"
She heard Bosco reply, "Jimmy, we've got every available officer out looking for this guy. Ty and Sully came back in to work and they're on their way over here also. Even the medics are on the alert. Doc, Alex and Carlos have come back in to look also."
And then Faith, "Kim? Kim? Can you hear me? There you are," she said as Kim slowly opened her eyes. "You gave us quite a scare. How are you feeling?"
"My Mom. Where is she? Where's Abby. Are they alright?" Kim asked in rapid succession, not allowing anyone to give her an answer. Jimmy heard that she was awake and immediately came to her side.
"Kim, honey? Are you okay?" he asked, taking her hand in his. "Doc checked you over and said you just passed out, but I want you to take it easy," he finished, motioning Doc over to check on her again.
"Jimmy, what's going on?" she asked him urgently.
"Well, when Bosco and Faith got here, there were no lights on in or outside the house. They found Thompson out back. He's gonna be okay, but he's out of commission for a while. They found a place at the back of the house where he got in. He must have drawn Thompson's attention to the back and then surprised him," Jimmy was explaining when Kim interrupted him.
"Jimmy! Mom and Abby! Where are they? Are they okay?" she asked him again.
"Kim, your Mom is at Mercy. She's gonna be okay, she's just banged up a bit. Bosco and Faith found her tied up in a closet. But," he said, hesitating for a moment. "We don't know where Abby is right now." He saw the anguish rise in her face and quickly added, "But, everyone's out looking and WE ARE going to find her," he finished.
"Oh my God," Kim said. "This is all my fault."
"What?" Jimmy said. "Kim, how could ANY of this be your fault?"
"Jimmy, don't you see. If I'd never left, we'd all still be together and everyone would be safe. I would have been here to keep Melanie away from Tony," Kim said, always the one to mother everyone. "Bobby's mother would still have her house, Bobby wouldn't be in the hospital, Mom wouldn't be in the hospital and Abby would be safe," she said starting to cry. Jimmy held her close when she suddenly pulled away. "Where's Joey and Charlie?!" she said loudly looking around for them.
"My brother came to get them," Faith said. "Joey has my nephew to play with and my sister-in-law loves getting her hands on babies. They'll be fine. Plus, Stanley has no tie to you or Melanie whatsoever so Tony will never find them," she added. Kim looked at Jimmy.
Jimmy nodded and said to her quietly, "Kim, they're fine this time. Stanley and his family are really nice people. They'll take good care of them. And, its just until we get Abby back and put Tony behind bars," Jimmy assured her. Kim relaxed slightly, but knew she wouldn't completely relax until her relatives and children were safe from this psycho.
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Tony knew he couldn't go back to his apartment, so he got a motel room for the night. Abby was sound asleep again and he had time to think of what he was going to do. He had to make plans on how to get out of New York City with her. She only knew him as Daddy, so that wouldn't be a problem. People would just think that the little girl was all her father had left. "That may happen yet," he thought to himself as he thought of ways that he'd like to be rid of Melanie AND her family.