Nina and Eddie wait impatiently for the phone to ring again. Eddie's left
leg shakes uncontrollably. Tears sting Nina's eyes. She walks back and
forth tightening her gripe on the cordless phone.
'Calm down Ma'ma" Eddie tells her sternly.
"Calm down! You want me to calm down." She pauses. "I can't calm down. My daughters are out there with some psychopath and u want me to cam down. Just shut up Eddie" Eddie takes his time to respond. Contemplating what exactly he's going to say to her. He looks her squarely in the yes are says," Are we are that again? They're my daughters too!" He yells. " My baby girls are missing and I'm worried sick about them. So, don't you dare start that bullshit with me." Nina stares at her husband in disbelief. She throws the phone across the room. She starts to shake nervously. Tears stream down her care. Eddie runs to her side. She cries into his shoulders.
"I can't do this" She cries. "I can't just sit here while my baby girls are out there."
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Early the next morning ..
Both Nina and Eddie lay across their bed holding each other. The sun's ray is shining through the window. Eddie tightens his grip on Nina.
"Morning sweetheart" he yawns. Nina frowns at him as she starts to wake up fully.
"Please tell me that everything that happen in the last 48 hours was just a dream." Nina tells him. Eddie closes his eyes and sighs. "No Mami, Tori and Melissa are still gone." Tears sting her eyes as she begins to remember last night.
Late Last Night..
"Lissa's gone Eddie! That bastard took both my babies. Please Eddie, let me go. I need to go find my kids. " She screams. Tears in her eyes. "Eddie just let me go!" Eddie looks deep into her warm brown eyes. "I can't Mami!" he hugs her tighter. "We'll find them, you just have to calm down." He continues as Nina pushes him away.
"Calm down, Eddie! How many damn times do I have to tell you? I WON"T calm down. Not until I have both my girls home safe. Don't you get it!" She cries. "It's all your fault!" She pauses and looks at him regretting what she just said. "I'm sorry Eddie." She stops. Eddie interrupts her. "You're right. Just like it was my fault you got shot, it's my fault our girls are gone now!" He walks out the house. Slamming the door behind him. Nina slouches down on the kitchen floor with tears streaming down her face.
Two hours later Eddie enters the darken apartment and spots Nina sprayed out on the kitchen floor. "She looks so peaceful," he says to himself. He walks over to her and picks her up. Kisses her on the forehead and carries her to bed.
Back to present day..
Nina stares into Eddie eyes. Tears stinging her own eyes. 'I'm sorry Eddie I didn't.." He stops her. "No Mami, it's me. I'm the one whose sorry." He places a lingering kiss on her lips. Nina continue to look into his pools of brown eyes. I love you too," she says. "Now let's go get our girls."
4th Precinct Noon
Nina and Eddie walk in Cooper's office. She gets off the phone.
"Good Morning detectives! Have a seat." She motions for them to sit down.
"What do you have for us?" Eddie asks getting straight to the point.
"Okay, we have a lead. A source says Maldone is still in New York"
"Well, we kinda gathered that much. We know that he won't leave New York. How could that help us?"
"You didn't let me finish. I have his address. I know exactly where he is."
"What!" Nina and Eddie say together.
"I have his address. We have him and he won't get away this time. I promise you that!" she says.
"Well, give it to me. I'll go." Eddie says standing up.
"Hell No! Eddie, are you crazy are something?"
"Look, Nina, listen to me. I got you into this mess. I promised you this morning I was going to get our girls back and I mean it."
"I know Eddie, but I won't let yo go alone." Eddie takes her hands in his and kisses her knuckles. "I love you Nina." She smiles and responds, "I know. Now let's go get our girls."
"Okay" Leu jumps in. "This is the information. If I don't hear from either of you in three hours then I'm coming get you. Understand detectives?"
"Yes" they say and leave.
22nd Street Manhattan, New York 1:30 P.M
Maldone held baby Tori in his arms. She's crying continuously. Melissa stands by watching him hold her baby sister in his arms. It breaks her heart to see Tori cry like that with out being able to help her. Melissa's hands were tied behind her back. Anger builds up in her. Tori is still crying. She looks pale and hungry. She looks like she only wants her mommy.
"Give her to me!" Melissa yells.
"Shut up!"
"She won't stop crying unless she has someone she knows holding her. You scare her. So give her to me."
"Didn't I tell you to shut up or I'll make you."
"When my Mom and Dad find us they will." Before she could finish Nina and Eddie barge in. Maldone jumps at the sound and baby Tori fall from his arms. Nina runs to catch her. Tori lands on the floor with a loud bang. Blood pools around her head. Nina is crying out.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! What have you done to my baby? Eddie get help please. Some one help me please. My baby!" Eddie rushes to her side. Maldone makes his escape while all the commotion is going on. Melissa stands by watching hands still tied behind her back.
"Nina" Eddie says.
"Oh my God, my baby Eddie!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
'Calm down Ma'ma" Eddie tells her sternly.
"Calm down! You want me to calm down." She pauses. "I can't calm down. My daughters are out there with some psychopath and u want me to cam down. Just shut up Eddie" Eddie takes his time to respond. Contemplating what exactly he's going to say to her. He looks her squarely in the yes are says," Are we are that again? They're my daughters too!" He yells. " My baby girls are missing and I'm worried sick about them. So, don't you dare start that bullshit with me." Nina stares at her husband in disbelief. She throws the phone across the room. She starts to shake nervously. Tears stream down her care. Eddie runs to her side. She cries into his shoulders.
"I can't do this" She cries. "I can't just sit here while my baby girls are out there."
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Early the next morning ..
Both Nina and Eddie lay across their bed holding each other. The sun's ray is shining through the window. Eddie tightens his grip on Nina.
"Morning sweetheart" he yawns. Nina frowns at him as she starts to wake up fully.
"Please tell me that everything that happen in the last 48 hours was just a dream." Nina tells him. Eddie closes his eyes and sighs. "No Mami, Tori and Melissa are still gone." Tears sting her eyes as she begins to remember last night.
Late Last Night..
"Lissa's gone Eddie! That bastard took both my babies. Please Eddie, let me go. I need to go find my kids. " She screams. Tears in her eyes. "Eddie just let me go!" Eddie looks deep into her warm brown eyes. "I can't Mami!" he hugs her tighter. "We'll find them, you just have to calm down." He continues as Nina pushes him away.
"Calm down, Eddie! How many damn times do I have to tell you? I WON"T calm down. Not until I have both my girls home safe. Don't you get it!" She cries. "It's all your fault!" She pauses and looks at him regretting what she just said. "I'm sorry Eddie." She stops. Eddie interrupts her. "You're right. Just like it was my fault you got shot, it's my fault our girls are gone now!" He walks out the house. Slamming the door behind him. Nina slouches down on the kitchen floor with tears streaming down her face.
Two hours later Eddie enters the darken apartment and spots Nina sprayed out on the kitchen floor. "She looks so peaceful," he says to himself. He walks over to her and picks her up. Kisses her on the forehead and carries her to bed.
Back to present day..
Nina stares into Eddie eyes. Tears stinging her own eyes. 'I'm sorry Eddie I didn't.." He stops her. "No Mami, it's me. I'm the one whose sorry." He places a lingering kiss on her lips. Nina continue to look into his pools of brown eyes. I love you too," she says. "Now let's go get our girls."
4th Precinct Noon
Nina and Eddie walk in Cooper's office. She gets off the phone.
"Good Morning detectives! Have a seat." She motions for them to sit down.
"What do you have for us?" Eddie asks getting straight to the point.
"Okay, we have a lead. A source says Maldone is still in New York"
"Well, we kinda gathered that much. We know that he won't leave New York. How could that help us?"
"You didn't let me finish. I have his address. I know exactly where he is."
"What!" Nina and Eddie say together.
"I have his address. We have him and he won't get away this time. I promise you that!" she says.
"Well, give it to me. I'll go." Eddie says standing up.
"Hell No! Eddie, are you crazy are something?"
"Look, Nina, listen to me. I got you into this mess. I promised you this morning I was going to get our girls back and I mean it."
"I know Eddie, but I won't let yo go alone." Eddie takes her hands in his and kisses her knuckles. "I love you Nina." She smiles and responds, "I know. Now let's go get our girls."
"Okay" Leu jumps in. "This is the information. If I don't hear from either of you in three hours then I'm coming get you. Understand detectives?"
"Yes" they say and leave.
22nd Street Manhattan, New York 1:30 P.M
Maldone held baby Tori in his arms. She's crying continuously. Melissa stands by watching him hold her baby sister in his arms. It breaks her heart to see Tori cry like that with out being able to help her. Melissa's hands were tied behind her back. Anger builds up in her. Tori is still crying. She looks pale and hungry. She looks like she only wants her mommy.
"Give her to me!" Melissa yells.
"Shut up!"
"She won't stop crying unless she has someone she knows holding her. You scare her. So give her to me."
"Didn't I tell you to shut up or I'll make you."
"When my Mom and Dad find us they will." Before she could finish Nina and Eddie barge in. Maldone jumps at the sound and baby Tori fall from his arms. Nina runs to catch her. Tori lands on the floor with a loud bang. Blood pools around her head. Nina is crying out.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! What have you done to my baby? Eddie get help please. Some one help me please. My baby!" Eddie rushes to her side. Maldone makes his escape while all the commotion is going on. Melissa stands by watching hands still tied behind her back.
"Nina" Eddie says.
"Oh my God, my baby Eddie!"
TO BE CONTINUED.