Chapter 13
Jimmy sat down in the chair next to the phone. "Could it be? Could it really be Charlie?"
"Charlie, honey? Is that you?" he asked into the phone as Billy and Alex came walking toward him.
"Yes, Daddy. I'm with a p'medic like Uncle Bobby," she said cheerfully. "Mommy told me to have the man call 911 so that you would come and save me and Mommy. Are you going to come save Mommy now, Daddy?" She asked him.
"Yes, honey. I'm on my way. Put the man on the phone so I can find out where you are," he said, looking at his friends with a big smile on his face. "Where are you?" he said to the paramedic into the phone. Jimmy listened as the paramedic described the situation. "I'm on my way," he said quickly hanging up the phone.
"Well?" asked Alex when Jimmy had hung up the phone. She followed him to his locker as he told her about what was going on. Billy had gone to let the Captain know that Jimmy had to leave so that they'd call in a replacement.
"They haven't found Kim yet, but Charlie told them she is at the motel behind the gas station she went to. Apparently, Kim put her out a window and sent her to the gas station to get help. She wants me to come save her Mommy," Jimmy said, looking up at Alex as they reached the door. Jimmy turned when he heard a voice behind him.
"Well, then let's go save her Mommy," Bosco said. Jimmy turned and saw Faith and Bosco standing near the door, their RMP running outside. "We just got the call from 65th Precinct. They're waiting for us," Faith said as the three got into the police car and sped off.
"I gotta tell Mel and Bobby," Jimmy thought suddenly. Faith handed Jimmy her cell phone to use.
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Tony grabbed Kim and threw her against the wall. She struck her head and was dazed for a moment, but was able to regain her senses.
"You stupid bitch!" he screamed at her. "You think you're so smart! Well, it wasn't your little brat that I wanted to hurt anyway. I just used her to get to you," he said spitefully.
"Well, you've got me. Now what're you gonna do?" she spat. "The cops'll be here in a matter of minutes."
"Shut up! I need to think," Tony said, beginning to pace. He looked out the window of the run down room and saw no activity yet. "You're assuming she did what you asked her to do. There's no one around out there. I don't even see the kid," he said nastily.
Kim hoped that Charlie was safe. She'd always been good about following directions, but this was a lot to ask. She was out of her element. She was scared and she was told never to talk to strangers. "Please Charlie. Disobey me just this once," she urged her daughter mentally.
"Get up!" Tony said, roughly grabbing her arm and pulling her to her feet from the floor. She started to stumble, feeling dizzy at the sudden motion. She reached up to her scalp and felt that it was wet. She took her hand away and looked at it, seeing her blood on her fingers from when she was thrown against the wall. "No tricks. Just start walking with me," he said, yanking on her again.
"I'm trying. I'm just dizzy," she said, trying to balance herself.
"Shut up and start moving," he yelled again as he pulled open the door and headed in the opposite direction of the gas station, practically dragging Kim behind him. "Have to get away from here," he thought to himself, listening for police sirens in the distance. He didn't hear any. He managed to get Kim into his car and cuffed her to himself so she couldn't get away from him. He looked at her, leaning her head against the cool glass of the window, eyes closed. "Hey!" he yelled and she slowly opened her eyes. "No naps now," he said, starting up the car and heading out of the lot, past the gas station. Kim tried to look into the store to see if Charlie was there, but she only saw the clerk at the door.
"Please let Charlie be okay," she thought to herself, hoping she hadn't made a mistake in sending the girl for help. But, she didn't know what else to do. She was the only one able to fit through the window and at least she wasn't around this lunatic. She fought to stay awake, although it was getting harder and harder. "I must have a concussion," she thought to herself as she felt her head begin to throb.
She saw the ambulance go by with lights and siren on and managed to stay awake long enough to see it pull into the lot that they'd just pulled out of. And that was the last thing she saw as she felt herself losing consciousness.
Jimmy sat down in the chair next to the phone. "Could it be? Could it really be Charlie?"
"Charlie, honey? Is that you?" he asked into the phone as Billy and Alex came walking toward him.
"Yes, Daddy. I'm with a p'medic like Uncle Bobby," she said cheerfully. "Mommy told me to have the man call 911 so that you would come and save me and Mommy. Are you going to come save Mommy now, Daddy?" She asked him.
"Yes, honey. I'm on my way. Put the man on the phone so I can find out where you are," he said, looking at his friends with a big smile on his face. "Where are you?" he said to the paramedic into the phone. Jimmy listened as the paramedic described the situation. "I'm on my way," he said quickly hanging up the phone.
"Well?" asked Alex when Jimmy had hung up the phone. She followed him to his locker as he told her about what was going on. Billy had gone to let the Captain know that Jimmy had to leave so that they'd call in a replacement.
"They haven't found Kim yet, but Charlie told them she is at the motel behind the gas station she went to. Apparently, Kim put her out a window and sent her to the gas station to get help. She wants me to come save her Mommy," Jimmy said, looking up at Alex as they reached the door. Jimmy turned when he heard a voice behind him.
"Well, then let's go save her Mommy," Bosco said. Jimmy turned and saw Faith and Bosco standing near the door, their RMP running outside. "We just got the call from 65th Precinct. They're waiting for us," Faith said as the three got into the police car and sped off.
"I gotta tell Mel and Bobby," Jimmy thought suddenly. Faith handed Jimmy her cell phone to use.
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Tony grabbed Kim and threw her against the wall. She struck her head and was dazed for a moment, but was able to regain her senses.
"You stupid bitch!" he screamed at her. "You think you're so smart! Well, it wasn't your little brat that I wanted to hurt anyway. I just used her to get to you," he said spitefully.
"Well, you've got me. Now what're you gonna do?" she spat. "The cops'll be here in a matter of minutes."
"Shut up! I need to think," Tony said, beginning to pace. He looked out the window of the run down room and saw no activity yet. "You're assuming she did what you asked her to do. There's no one around out there. I don't even see the kid," he said nastily.
Kim hoped that Charlie was safe. She'd always been good about following directions, but this was a lot to ask. She was out of her element. She was scared and she was told never to talk to strangers. "Please Charlie. Disobey me just this once," she urged her daughter mentally.
"Get up!" Tony said, roughly grabbing her arm and pulling her to her feet from the floor. She started to stumble, feeling dizzy at the sudden motion. She reached up to her scalp and felt that it was wet. She took her hand away and looked at it, seeing her blood on her fingers from when she was thrown against the wall. "No tricks. Just start walking with me," he said, yanking on her again.
"I'm trying. I'm just dizzy," she said, trying to balance herself.
"Shut up and start moving," he yelled again as he pulled open the door and headed in the opposite direction of the gas station, practically dragging Kim behind him. "Have to get away from here," he thought to himself, listening for police sirens in the distance. He didn't hear any. He managed to get Kim into his car and cuffed her to himself so she couldn't get away from him. He looked at her, leaning her head against the cool glass of the window, eyes closed. "Hey!" he yelled and she slowly opened her eyes. "No naps now," he said, starting up the car and heading out of the lot, past the gas station. Kim tried to look into the store to see if Charlie was there, but she only saw the clerk at the door.
"Please let Charlie be okay," she thought to herself, hoping she hadn't made a mistake in sending the girl for help. But, she didn't know what else to do. She was the only one able to fit through the window and at least she wasn't around this lunatic. She fought to stay awake, although it was getting harder and harder. "I must have a concussion," she thought to herself as she felt her head begin to throb.
She saw the ambulance go by with lights and siren on and managed to stay awake long enough to see it pull into the lot that they'd just pulled out of. And that was the last thing she saw as she felt herself losing consciousness.