Love at First Touch
Chapter 22 - The Standoff
Bo's hand gripped the gun tightly as he pointed it at Belle's head. Belle's body was lifeless on the ground from the injection that Hope had given her.
"First, I will make sure that you will never see daylight again. Then, I'm going to throw your body over the pier so you can visit your mommy dearest." Bo said in a sinister voice.
Before Bo could pull the trigger, he experienced a sharp pain through his neck from a powerful punch and dropped the gun on the floor. He turned around, tightly holding his neck in anguish, to see who had dared step in his way.
"You will now get hurt for hurting my daughter." John said as he stared into his enemy's eyes.
Hope decided to take matters into her own hands and ran towards Bo. She bent over and picked up the gun her husband had dropped.
"I don't think you should do that, Hope." John said.
"I will do anything to defend my family." She replied to him as she slowly moved the gun to her target. John.
"Hope, I'm warning you, put the gun down." John insisted as he walked closer to her with his hand extended to try to remove the gun safely from her hand.
"I'm not letting you get away with this, John."
"You leave me no choice." John lifted up his hand in the air as if signaling someone.
"Mrs. Brady, put the weapon on the ground and put your hands behind your head." Officer Abe Carver shouted from behind John. "Bo, I need you to do the same and put your hands behind your head. You are both under arrest for the attempted murder of Belle Black and Shawn Brady as well as the murder of Marlena Evans Black. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law." He walked towards Bo and Hope and handcuffed them.
Abe went ahead and put them in the police car a block down the road. He had already called an ambulance for Shawn and Belle when they arrived to the scene of the crime.
John was attempting to wake up the kids, but no use. He checked their pulses, and placed his face near their mouths to make sure that they were still breathing. There were faint breaths being released from their mouths.
"Oh God, let them be alright." John said aloud.
Five minutes later, the ambulance arrived.
Four paramedics exited the vehicle and headed towards Shawn and Belle to take them to the hospital.
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20 minutes later
"Mr. Black, they are going to be okay. They were injected with a mild tranquilizer. They should be awake any moment now," said Dr. Murphy, one of the top doctors at University Hospital.
"Thank goodness. Can I see them now?" Asked John as he gave a sigh of relief.
"You sure can, they are in that room over there." The doctor said as he pointed to the room at the end of the hall.
John walked quickly to the room and entered through the doors.
He saw both children lying in the hospital beds and was momentarily saddened by what had occurred and the danger they were in.
Belle began opening her eyes.
"W..W..Where am I?" She stuttered.
"Sweetheart, you are in the hospital. We'll be out of here soon." Said her father.
Belle suddenly had a flashback of what had happened before she passed out.
She stood up quickly in her bed and said, "Is Shawn okay?"
"Shawn will be alright."
"Dad, why is all of this happening? You have to tell me everything, please. I beg of you to tell me what's going on." She pleaded with her father.
John sat down on the edge of her bed and decided it was time to tell her about the past.
"You are a grown up now, darling, and I am trusting you to understand what I'm about to tell you and for you to realize the evils that there are in this world. There was a point in our lives that your mom was taken away. It was a brief moment, but that brief moment ended up almost destroying our lives. Bo Brady had kidnapped her and drugged her. He decided to take pictures of them together to make me believe that he slept with your mom."
Belle, in shock, said, "What would he gain from doing that?"
John continued, "Bo and I went to a small college together. We were both unmarried and dating gals around campus. We didn't know about each other until I met your mother. She had just recently broken up with a man that mistreated her and I was there to mend those broken pieces of her heart. A few months later, after your mom and I started to get serious, I found out that her old flame was stalking her. This old flame was Bo."
Belle gasps.
"Ever since then, Bo has felt that I took his woman away from him and apparently he won't live a peaceful life until he seeks revenge. He is a very sick man, sweetheart. VERY sick. he'll do anything to destroy peoples' lives."
"Why would Hope protect him, dad?" Belle asked.
"Bo is a powerful man when it comes to his women. He's probably blackmailing her or abusing her. God only knows. I'm just so glad it's over and that they are going to be in jail for a long time."
Belle lifts her back off the hospital bed and reaches over to her father to embrace him. She rubbed her tears against his shoulder and was so happy that they are all still alive.
Belle jumped back. "Hold up! Why did you hire Shawn if you knew that Bo was his father?!"
"I thought that if Shawn worked for me, it'd prolong our safety knowing that I had his child under my supervision."
"Dad!! Make all of this stop!" Belle yelled.
"I will, honey. I promise." He said as he embraced his daughter again.
". Huh? What's going on here? Where am I?" A groggy Shawn said as he slowly opened his eyes.
"We're in the hospital Shawn. We're going to be okay." Belle said as she gave him a reassuring smile.
Shawn closed his eyes and mumbled, "Thank God it's over."
Bo's hand gripped the gun tightly as he pointed it at Belle's head. Belle's body was lifeless on the ground from the injection that Hope had given her.
"First, I will make sure that you will never see daylight again. Then, I'm going to throw your body over the pier so you can visit your mommy dearest." Bo said in a sinister voice.
Before Bo could pull the trigger, he experienced a sharp pain through his neck from a powerful punch and dropped the gun on the floor. He turned around, tightly holding his neck in anguish, to see who had dared step in his way.
"You will now get hurt for hurting my daughter." John said as he stared into his enemy's eyes.
Hope decided to take matters into her own hands and ran towards Bo. She bent over and picked up the gun her husband had dropped.
"I don't think you should do that, Hope." John said.
"I will do anything to defend my family." She replied to him as she slowly moved the gun to her target. John.
"Hope, I'm warning you, put the gun down." John insisted as he walked closer to her with his hand extended to try to remove the gun safely from her hand.
"I'm not letting you get away with this, John."
"You leave me no choice." John lifted up his hand in the air as if signaling someone.
"Mrs. Brady, put the weapon on the ground and put your hands behind your head." Officer Abe Carver shouted from behind John. "Bo, I need you to do the same and put your hands behind your head. You are both under arrest for the attempted murder of Belle Black and Shawn Brady as well as the murder of Marlena Evans Black. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law." He walked towards Bo and Hope and handcuffed them.
Abe went ahead and put them in the police car a block down the road. He had already called an ambulance for Shawn and Belle when they arrived to the scene of the crime.
John was attempting to wake up the kids, but no use. He checked their pulses, and placed his face near their mouths to make sure that they were still breathing. There were faint breaths being released from their mouths.
"Oh God, let them be alright." John said aloud.
Five minutes later, the ambulance arrived.
Four paramedics exited the vehicle and headed towards Shawn and Belle to take them to the hospital.
~~
20 minutes later
"Mr. Black, they are going to be okay. They were injected with a mild tranquilizer. They should be awake any moment now," said Dr. Murphy, one of the top doctors at University Hospital.
"Thank goodness. Can I see them now?" Asked John as he gave a sigh of relief.
"You sure can, they are in that room over there." The doctor said as he pointed to the room at the end of the hall.
John walked quickly to the room and entered through the doors.
He saw both children lying in the hospital beds and was momentarily saddened by what had occurred and the danger they were in.
Belle began opening her eyes.
"W..W..Where am I?" She stuttered.
"Sweetheart, you are in the hospital. We'll be out of here soon." Said her father.
Belle suddenly had a flashback of what had happened before she passed out.
She stood up quickly in her bed and said, "Is Shawn okay?"
"Shawn will be alright."
"Dad, why is all of this happening? You have to tell me everything, please. I beg of you to tell me what's going on." She pleaded with her father.
John sat down on the edge of her bed and decided it was time to tell her about the past.
"You are a grown up now, darling, and I am trusting you to understand what I'm about to tell you and for you to realize the evils that there are in this world. There was a point in our lives that your mom was taken away. It was a brief moment, but that brief moment ended up almost destroying our lives. Bo Brady had kidnapped her and drugged her. He decided to take pictures of them together to make me believe that he slept with your mom."
Belle, in shock, said, "What would he gain from doing that?"
John continued, "Bo and I went to a small college together. We were both unmarried and dating gals around campus. We didn't know about each other until I met your mother. She had just recently broken up with a man that mistreated her and I was there to mend those broken pieces of her heart. A few months later, after your mom and I started to get serious, I found out that her old flame was stalking her. This old flame was Bo."
Belle gasps.
"Ever since then, Bo has felt that I took his woman away from him and apparently he won't live a peaceful life until he seeks revenge. He is a very sick man, sweetheart. VERY sick. he'll do anything to destroy peoples' lives."
"Why would Hope protect him, dad?" Belle asked.
"Bo is a powerful man when it comes to his women. He's probably blackmailing her or abusing her. God only knows. I'm just so glad it's over and that they are going to be in jail for a long time."
Belle lifts her back off the hospital bed and reaches over to her father to embrace him. She rubbed her tears against his shoulder and was so happy that they are all still alive.
Belle jumped back. "Hold up! Why did you hire Shawn if you knew that Bo was his father?!"
"I thought that if Shawn worked for me, it'd prolong our safety knowing that I had his child under my supervision."
"Dad!! Make all of this stop!" Belle yelled.
"I will, honey. I promise." He said as he embraced his daughter again.
". Huh? What's going on here? Where am I?" A groggy Shawn said as he slowly opened his eyes.
"We're in the hospital Shawn. We're going to be okay." Belle said as she gave him a reassuring smile.
Shawn closed his eyes and mumbled, "Thank God it's over."
