Chapter 7
Tony decided to go by Catherine Zambrano's house. He figured that everyone else had moved so the likelihood of her still being there was slim. He was surprised to find that she did indeed still live there.
"Now I just have to decide how I'm going to handle this," he thought to himself as he slowly cruised past. "Do I just wait for one of them to show up and follow them home, or should I approach Catherine?" he wondered. He had thought about it in jail and wasn't sure if she'd believe him if he said he just wanted to see how his daughter was. But then again, he knew that Catherine had never seen him be anything but good with Abby. Besides, it wasn't Abby that he was after. It was that bitch Melanie and her meddling sister Kim he really wanted to exact his revenge on. And if Bobby and Jimmy Doherty got in the way, well then so be it. Abby was a good girl that just happened to have been born to a witch.
He glanced in his rearview mirror and recognized Catherine walking up the sidewalk, a bag of groceries in her arms. She stopped on the sidewalk to talk to one of her neighbors up on their porch, not noticing the car idling at the curb just down from her. The window was open so he could make out bits and pieces of the conversation. He was hoping he could pick up some indication of the whereabouts of Kim or Melanie.
"Everyone's fine Mrs. Anderson. The baby's gorgeous and Mel's feeling fine," he heard her call up to the neighbor. He couldn't hear what the neighbor was saying because she was too far away from him, so he only got one side of the conversation. Luckily it was the informative side.
"Yes, Bobby went back to work, but he's close enough that he can walk over to see them whenever he wants," she answered. "Gotta run! I've got ice cream so I have to get it into the freezer," she called, waving as she turned to continue on to her house.
"Hmmm, close enough that he can walk home while he's working, eh?" Tony thought to himself. This was going to be easier than he thought apparently. He watched as Catherine continued past his car, oblivious to his presence. She walked up to the door, unlocked it and closed the door behind her, never glancing over her shoulder.
Tony slowly pulled away so as not to draw attention to himself and headed toward the firehouse. He drove slowly by and noticed that the ambulance was out on a call, as was the fire department. He pondered going into the empty station from the back door and seeing if he could find any indications as to where Melanie and Kim lived.
Before he realized it, he found himself walking in through the back door of the station, listening for any signs of someone being there. He glanced at his watch and realized that it wasn't change of shift so no one should be there since all the vehicles were obviously on a call. He meandered through the house until he found the Captain's office. He looked through the file cabinets until he came to the personnel files. He flipped through them until he found the two he wanted - Roberto Caffey and James Doherty. He pulled the files out, tucking them under his coat and quickly walked out of the firehouse as he heard the company call back in service on the overhead speaker. They'd be back in minutes and he intended to be long gone.
As he made his way back to his car, he heard a familiar voice. It was a parent calling a child and he listened again. He heard Melanie calling, "Abby, honey, time for dinner. Come on in. You can play with Kelly tomorrow."
He listened and realized what direction the voice was coming from and glanced over his shoulder. He saw his Abby running toward Melanie who was wheeling a baby carriage. "Aw, how sweet," he sneered under his breath as he continued to walk away from them toward his car. It was all he could do to keep walking when he heard Abby call back, "But, Mom. I'm waiting for Daddy to come back with the ambulance!"
"He'll stop over before you go to bed, honey. He always does," Melanie called back and then noticed a chill run down her spine. She looked around and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
"You're being paranoid again, Mel," she said to herself. "He's not coming back here," she reassured herself.
Tony watched from his car as Abby ran up the sidewalk and into the house at 450 Arthur. "She called him Daddy! I'm her father," Tony yelled to himself from inside his car.
Tony decided to go by Catherine Zambrano's house. He figured that everyone else had moved so the likelihood of her still being there was slim. He was surprised to find that she did indeed still live there.
"Now I just have to decide how I'm going to handle this," he thought to himself as he slowly cruised past. "Do I just wait for one of them to show up and follow them home, or should I approach Catherine?" he wondered. He had thought about it in jail and wasn't sure if she'd believe him if he said he just wanted to see how his daughter was. But then again, he knew that Catherine had never seen him be anything but good with Abby. Besides, it wasn't Abby that he was after. It was that bitch Melanie and her meddling sister Kim he really wanted to exact his revenge on. And if Bobby and Jimmy Doherty got in the way, well then so be it. Abby was a good girl that just happened to have been born to a witch.
He glanced in his rearview mirror and recognized Catherine walking up the sidewalk, a bag of groceries in her arms. She stopped on the sidewalk to talk to one of her neighbors up on their porch, not noticing the car idling at the curb just down from her. The window was open so he could make out bits and pieces of the conversation. He was hoping he could pick up some indication of the whereabouts of Kim or Melanie.
"Everyone's fine Mrs. Anderson. The baby's gorgeous and Mel's feeling fine," he heard her call up to the neighbor. He couldn't hear what the neighbor was saying because she was too far away from him, so he only got one side of the conversation. Luckily it was the informative side.
"Yes, Bobby went back to work, but he's close enough that he can walk over to see them whenever he wants," she answered. "Gotta run! I've got ice cream so I have to get it into the freezer," she called, waving as she turned to continue on to her house.
"Hmmm, close enough that he can walk home while he's working, eh?" Tony thought to himself. This was going to be easier than he thought apparently. He watched as Catherine continued past his car, oblivious to his presence. She walked up to the door, unlocked it and closed the door behind her, never glancing over her shoulder.
Tony slowly pulled away so as not to draw attention to himself and headed toward the firehouse. He drove slowly by and noticed that the ambulance was out on a call, as was the fire department. He pondered going into the empty station from the back door and seeing if he could find any indications as to where Melanie and Kim lived.
Before he realized it, he found himself walking in through the back door of the station, listening for any signs of someone being there. He glanced at his watch and realized that it wasn't change of shift so no one should be there since all the vehicles were obviously on a call. He meandered through the house until he found the Captain's office. He looked through the file cabinets until he came to the personnel files. He flipped through them until he found the two he wanted - Roberto Caffey and James Doherty. He pulled the files out, tucking them under his coat and quickly walked out of the firehouse as he heard the company call back in service on the overhead speaker. They'd be back in minutes and he intended to be long gone.
As he made his way back to his car, he heard a familiar voice. It was a parent calling a child and he listened again. He heard Melanie calling, "Abby, honey, time for dinner. Come on in. You can play with Kelly tomorrow."
He listened and realized what direction the voice was coming from and glanced over his shoulder. He saw his Abby running toward Melanie who was wheeling a baby carriage. "Aw, how sweet," he sneered under his breath as he continued to walk away from them toward his car. It was all he could do to keep walking when he heard Abby call back, "But, Mom. I'm waiting for Daddy to come back with the ambulance!"
"He'll stop over before you go to bed, honey. He always does," Melanie called back and then noticed a chill run down her spine. She looked around and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
"You're being paranoid again, Mel," she said to herself. "He's not coming back here," she reassured herself.
Tony watched from his car as Abby ran up the sidewalk and into the house at 450 Arthur. "She called him Daddy! I'm her father," Tony yelled to himself from inside his car.