Recap: Kelly visited the firehouse and met everyone there. She had stayed and had dinner there.
It's the night of the day Kelly had visited the firehouse. Kelly had picked up Joey at Kim's Mom's house as they had planned and brought him home.
It is now around eleven thirty and Kim had just walked in the door. As she was hanging up her jacket she saw Kelly sitting on the couch watching TV. Kim then said to Kelly, "Hey. How did things go today?"
"Great. Joey and I had a blast. He was really excited to see me when I picked him up from your Mom's." Kelly told Kim. "Oh and I promised him that I would take him to the park tomorrow."
"That sounds like fun. I would join you two if I didn't have to work." Kim said. "Did you find a job today?"
"No but I don't really know what I want to do anyway. Everyone was really nice at the house." Kelly said.
"Yeah. Most of the time we do get along pretty well. I'm glad you came and got to meet everyone."
"I'm glad I went too." Kelly said. "It was nice to meet everyone that Bobby had worked with."
"I'm beat, so I'm gong to go to bed now." Kim said. "I'll see you in the morning." Kim then headed to her room and Kelly stood up and shut off the TV and went to her room.
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It's the next morning and Kim, Kelly, and Joey are sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast. Joey says to Kelly, "Can we go on the swings when we are at the park today?"
"Sure." Kelly responded. "We can do anything you want to do."
I want to get some ice cream when we are there." Joey said excitedly.
"Okay, but only after you have something for lunch." Kelly told him.
"It sounds like you guys are going to have a lot of fun today." Kim said.
"Yeah. We will." Kelly said.
"Mommy?" Joey asked.
"Yes honey?" Kim responded.
"After we go to the park today can we come see you and Daddy at work?" Joey asked.
"If it's alright with Kelly and if Kelly calls first to see if were there or not." Kim told Joey.
Kelly said, "That's fine with me."
"I'm done my cereal so can I watch TV now?" Joey asked.
"If you get changed first." Kim told him as he went running off to his room. She then turned to Kelly and said, "Thanks so much for watching him today and taking him to the park. With Jimmy and I both working so much it's not to often that we get to take him anywhere and he loves to play at the park. I'll give you the number to the station so you can call to see if we're there later."
"Ok." Kelly responded. "I'm sure we'll have lots of fun and I know Joey will tell you all about it when we come to the firehouse."
It was later in the afternoon now and Kelly and Joey were walking into the park. "Can I go on the swings first?" Joey asked.
"Sure. That sounds like fun. I'll race you." Kelly said as she started to run a little ahead of Joey while carrying the bag they had brought their lunch in.
"Hey! Wait for me. Your bigger so your gonna win."
"Alright." Kelly said as she slowed down to let Joey caught up to her.
"I bet I can go higher than you." Joey said.
"I don't know about that but let's see." Kelly said as she set their stuff down and went to sit down on a swing next to Joey.
A little while later Kelly and Joey are sitting across from one another at a picnic table and they are eating their lunch. "Did I eat enough of my sandwich yet?" Joey asked.
"Just two more bits." Kelly told him.
"Ok." Joey said taking and swallowing his last two bites. "Can I have an ice cream cone now?"
"Sure. Just let me clean up then we can walk over to get our ice cream." Kelly said. After Kelly had cleaned up their stuff and packed away what they hadn't eaten, they started walking to the ice cream stand. "What kind of ice cream are you going to get?"
"Chocolate with rainbow sprinkles." Joey told Kelly.
"Sounds good." Kelly said. "I'll order for us."
"Can I help you?" the women behind the counter at the ice cream place asked.
"Yes. We'll have one small chocolate with rainbow sprinkles and one small cookies and cream." Kelly told the women. After she had handed Kelly the ice cream and Kelly paid for them, they went to sit on a bench to eat their ice cream.
When they were done eating Kelly had gotten up to throw her napkin away and then she sat back down next to Joey. "Are you ready to go now?" Kelly asked Joey.
"Yeah. Can we go see my mommy and daddy now?" Joey asked.
"Sure. Let's just stop home and drop off our picnic stuff so I don't have to carry it there and I'll call the firehouse to make sure they are there." Kelly told him.
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It was awhile later now and Kelly and Joey were walking up the steps to their home and Kelly noticed a large brown envelope on the ground leaning against the door. Kelly picked up the envelope and then opened the door. Joey ran by her into the house. As Kelly was walking into the kitchen she saw that on the envelope there was nothing written on it besides Kelly, in large, bold, black letter. Kelly then put their stuff down on the table and sat down to open the envelope. Joey had just come into the kitchen and asked Kelly, "What's that?"
"I'm not sure. I'm going to open it now." Kelly told him. After she had opened it, she pulled out a piece of paper and some pictures. She unfolded the piece of paper and read it. It said, "I promised that I would be back." As soon as Kelly read the note she put it on top of the envelope on the table then started to look through the pictures. She whispered quietly, "Oh my god." She had a shocked expression on her face. The pictures were of her and Joey in the park. Some of them were of them on the swings, eating lunch, and other various shots of them during the day.
"What's wrong?" Joey asked.
"Oh, um. Nothing." Kelly said quickly because she didn't want to scare him. "I'm going to call the firehouse now and se if your mom or dad is there now." Kelly went and got the phone off it's hook and dialed Kim's cell phone number.
"Hello?" Kim said as she answered her phone.
"It's me Kim." Kelly told her. "Are you at the house now or on a run?"
"I'm at the house. What's wrong? Your voice sounds a little weird." Kim asked Kelly. "Did anything happen at the park?"
"We had a great time, but…" Kelly then paused.
"But what?" Kim asked, now sounding a little worried.
"Well everything went good while we were at the park but when we got back here I found an envelope propped up against the door." Kelly didn't say anything else for a moment.
Kim was now more worried and could tell Kelly was upset also, so she asked, "Kelly, what was in the envelope?"
Kelly waited another moment before saying, "There was a note that was typed that said 'I promised that I would be back.' and there are some pictures of me and Joey in the park today." Kelly paused then said, "I think he's back Kim. What am I going to do?" Kelly was now near tears and she would be crying if it wasn't for the fact that she didn't want to scare Joey.
"Kelly. Why don't you and Joey come down to the house now and I'll take a look at the note and pictures and then we could go across the street to the police station and tell them about everything." Kim said trying to calm Kelly a little bit.
"Ok. We'll leave now. Bye." Kelly said.
"Bye." Kim responded.
"We can go now Joey. Your mom is there." Kelly told Joey. As she put the pictures and the note back into the envelope she grabbed the purse and they headed out the door.
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As they were approaching the station Joey had spotted Jimmy standing outside talking to some of the other guys. "Daddy!" he shouted out as he ran up to him.
"Hey!" Jimmy said. "How was the park today? Did you have lots of fun?" Jimmy then picked up Joey and gave him a hug.
"Yeah we did. We did everything." Joey told him excitedly.
"Is Kim upstairs?" Kelly asked Jimmy.
"Yeah. She is." Jimmy responded.
Kelly then headed upstairs leaving Joey with Jimmy. When she reached the top of the stairs, Kelly saw Kim sitting at the table. Kim looked up from the paper she was reading when she heard Kelly. "Did you bring the envelope?" Kim asked.
"Yeah here it is." Kelly said as she handed it over to Kim.
Kim took the envelope from her then opened it and started to look at the pictures. "Oh my." Kim said quietly.
"He's back isn't he?" Kelly asked.
"Come here and sit down." Kim said as she motioned to the chair next to her.
"How could he have gotten out? He should be in prison for at least another twenty years!" Kelly exclaimed as her voice was now sounding a bit shaky.
"I don't know. Let's go over to the police station and show them this stuff and they can check to see if he escaped. Don't worry." Kim said as she hugged Kelly to reassure her. "We won't let what happened last time happen again. We won't let him hurt you again. I just have to tell the chief where I am going then we can go."
"Ok." Kelly said.
Kim had told the chief where they were going and they had left the house and were about to cross the street when Jimmy called out to them, "Hey! Is everything alright?"
"No. When Kelly and Joey got back home after the park today she found this envelope propped against the door." Kim told Jimmy. "It's a note and some pictures of them in the park."
"What?" Jimmy questioned. "Do you think it's the same guy?"
"Yeah. The note says, 'I promised that I would be back.' and there is no one else that I can think of that would do something like this." Kelly said.
"We're on our way across the street to see if they can find out if he escaped or something." Kim told Jimmy. "I thought Joey was out here with you?"
"He was. He just went to the bathroom." Jimmy told her.
"Don't tell him where we went. I don't want him to get upset. Ok?" Kim said.
"Yeah. Sure thing." Jimmy said. "Let me know how things turn out."
"Ok." Kelly said. Jimmy then turned around and headed into the firehouse and Kim and Kelly headed across the street to the police station to find out if the man who they thought took the pictures had indeed gotten out of prison or not.
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Author's Notes: Please Read and Review! Any and all comments are welcome and appreciated. I am sorry that it took so long to update. From now on I am going to try to write the next chapters as quickly as I can and post them.