Chapter 16
Pain was the first thing Kim felt as she came to. There was pain and an overwhelming urge to throw up. She opened her eyes just a bit and winced. The sun was setting right in her eyes. She immediately shut them again. She could feel the car moving but when it stopped she cautiously cracked an eye open. No sun. She opened the other and the world slowly came into focus.
It wasn't the best neighborhood in New York although Kim had seen worse. There were dealers on the corner and some ladies of the evening walking the street. A few panhandlers stood by the stairs to an old building. She wondered if they lived there. She studied them for a minute, praying faintly that Joey and Charlie never ended up in that position. Then her eyes widened.
"Matty?" She whispered. She looked closer. It was him. It was Bobby's little brother. She lifted her hand to the window and knocked quietly. 'Please let him hear me,' she thought. She knocked again, quietly.
Then her eyes widened when she felt the car move away from the spot they'd been in. She closed her eyes in dismay and didn't see Matty's eyes focus on her and widen as he recognized the woman in the car and saw the blood smeared on the window.
"Kim..?" He whispered.
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Jimmy looked out the window of 55-David and sighed. It was getting dark. It was easier to hide in the dark.
"Jimmy? You hungry?" Faith asked.
"No. Thanks Faith. You two can stop if you want, but I'm not hungry." Jimmy said.
"I'll just call in some take out. We can keep going and eat in the car." Bosco said. "I'll order you something in case you change your mind, okay?"
"Yeah."
Bosco made the order and Faith drove over towards the restaurant.
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Bobby shut the door to Abby's bedroom quietly. She, Charlie, and RJ were all finally asleep. Joey was the only one still awake and even he was circling the drain. He was on the couch watching something on TV. Bobby covered him a little more with the blanket and then went into his bedroom where Melanie was.
"Mel?"
She turned her head towards him. "Hey."
"How are you?" He sat on the bed beside her.
"I've been better." She smiled wryly. "Mom's awake. She called while you were getting dinner."
"How's she doing?"
"Her head hurts but she's okay. Sully and Ty were over taking a statement when we hung up. She confirmed that it was Tony who took Charlie."
"I think we already knew that."
"Yeah I guess I was just holding on to some insane hope that we weren't dealing with Tony again." Melanie confessed softly.
"Yeah I know." Bobby put his arm around her shoulders and she snuggled into the side of him. "It's gonna be okay."
"I wish I believed that."
'Me too,' Bobby thought silently. He looked to the side when the phone rang. "I'll get it." He reached over and snatched up the ringing object. "Hello?"
"Bobby?"
"Yeah?"
"It's Matty."
"Oh. Where are you?"
"It doesn't matter. Look, is Kim in some kind of trouble?"
"Why do you ask that?"
"Because I saw her today."
"Where? When?"
"On Bleecker St. a couple hours ago."
"What color car was she in?"
"Brown."
"With a tan roof?"
"Yeah."
"Were they going towards the Village?"
"Yeah as far as I could tell."
"Matty, thanks."
"Sure Bobby."
"Hey-" Bobby said before he heard the dial tone.
"What was that about?"
"That was Matty. He saw Kim in the same car Charlie described going towards the village a couple of hours ago."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
Pain was the first thing Kim felt as she came to. There was pain and an overwhelming urge to throw up. She opened her eyes just a bit and winced. The sun was setting right in her eyes. She immediately shut them again. She could feel the car moving but when it stopped she cautiously cracked an eye open. No sun. She opened the other and the world slowly came into focus.
It wasn't the best neighborhood in New York although Kim had seen worse. There were dealers on the corner and some ladies of the evening walking the street. A few panhandlers stood by the stairs to an old building. She wondered if they lived there. She studied them for a minute, praying faintly that Joey and Charlie never ended up in that position. Then her eyes widened.
"Matty?" She whispered. She looked closer. It was him. It was Bobby's little brother. She lifted her hand to the window and knocked quietly. 'Please let him hear me,' she thought. She knocked again, quietly.
Then her eyes widened when she felt the car move away from the spot they'd been in. She closed her eyes in dismay and didn't see Matty's eyes focus on her and widen as he recognized the woman in the car and saw the blood smeared on the window.
"Kim..?" He whispered.
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Jimmy looked out the window of 55-David and sighed. It was getting dark. It was easier to hide in the dark.
"Jimmy? You hungry?" Faith asked.
"No. Thanks Faith. You two can stop if you want, but I'm not hungry." Jimmy said.
"I'll just call in some take out. We can keep going and eat in the car." Bosco said. "I'll order you something in case you change your mind, okay?"
"Yeah."
Bosco made the order and Faith drove over towards the restaurant.
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Bobby shut the door to Abby's bedroom quietly. She, Charlie, and RJ were all finally asleep. Joey was the only one still awake and even he was circling the drain. He was on the couch watching something on TV. Bobby covered him a little more with the blanket and then went into his bedroom where Melanie was.
"Mel?"
She turned her head towards him. "Hey."
"How are you?" He sat on the bed beside her.
"I've been better." She smiled wryly. "Mom's awake. She called while you were getting dinner."
"How's she doing?"
"Her head hurts but she's okay. Sully and Ty were over taking a statement when we hung up. She confirmed that it was Tony who took Charlie."
"I think we already knew that."
"Yeah I guess I was just holding on to some insane hope that we weren't dealing with Tony again." Melanie confessed softly.
"Yeah I know." Bobby put his arm around her shoulders and she snuggled into the side of him. "It's gonna be okay."
"I wish I believed that."
'Me too,' Bobby thought silently. He looked to the side when the phone rang. "I'll get it." He reached over and snatched up the ringing object. "Hello?"
"Bobby?"
"Yeah?"
"It's Matty."
"Oh. Where are you?"
"It doesn't matter. Look, is Kim in some kind of trouble?"
"Why do you ask that?"
"Because I saw her today."
"Where? When?"
"On Bleecker St. a couple hours ago."
"What color car was she in?"
"Brown."
"With a tan roof?"
"Yeah."
"Were they going towards the Village?"
"Yeah as far as I could tell."
"Matty, thanks."
"Sure Bobby."
"Hey-" Bobby said before he heard the dial tone.
"What was that about?"
"That was Matty. He saw Kim in the same car Charlie described going towards the village a couple of hours ago."
"Really?"
"Yeah."