Chapter 10
Gracie had finally stopped crying. I was now in the back seat with her. She had fallen asleep with Frankie at her feet.
I picked up my cell phone and called the Bed and Breakfast. Amy picked up. "Hello?"
I could hear the fear in her voice. "Amy it's HaleyI mean Sydney."
"Oh my gosh, are you ok? All I saw was you and Dave speed off with a bunch of guys shooting at you."
"We're fine, but we won't be coming back. We can't. Can you please take care of everything? I know Andy will love the kittens and everything." I said. Vaughn turned around and smiled at me. I gave him a thumbs up as I listened to Amy.
"No problem! I've always wanted to get my own place, but now I won't have to. Will I ever see you again?"
"I really hope so Amy. You are great friend and I don't wanna lose you."
Amy laughed. "Thanks. I'll take care of everything, don't worry."
I smiled. "Thanks Amy. We'll see you soon, ok?"
"Ok. Bye HaleyI mean Sydney."
"Bye Amy." I hung up my cell phone and crawled back up into the front seat.
"So?" Vaughn asked.
"She's gonna take care of everything. Like a good friend." I grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "So where to?"
"I don't know frankly. We have to keep driving though. Just to be on the safe side. We're also going to have to contact the CIA so we can get new identities." Vaughn handed me his cell phone.
I dialed the CIA Headquarters and got a hold of my father. "Jack Bristow."
"Dad?"
"Sydney?" My father yelled. "What the heck do you think you're doing? You're not supposed to contact us"
"Dad! Sloane found us! We're driving away from Westport"
"I know."
"How?" I asked, stunned.
"You know that bracelet I gave you on you're wedding day?"
I looked at my wrist to see a silver bracelet with a small heart on it. "Yeah?"
"It has a tracker on it. We've been monitoring you." My father explained. "We don't know what you've been up to, we just know where you are. Which is important. So what have you been up to?"
"Well, we opened a bed and breakfast. We got 2 horses, a donkey, a dog, and 2 cats. They're with our friend Amy, who is looking after everything. We also have a daughter. Her name is Gracie and she's 6."
"You haven't been gone that long!" My father said, raising his voice.
"Dad, it's ok. We adopted her." I turned around to look at her, and pushed a stray piece of hair out of her face. "I would let you say hi, but she's asleep."
"Ok. So where are you guys gonna go now?" My father asked. I could hear the concern in his voice.
I looked over at Vaughn. "Where are we gonna go Vaughn?"
He thought a moment.
"Hold on Dad."
"France."
"France," I told my father. "We'll talk to you soon Dad. I love you!"
"I love you too. This will be over soon. I promise. When you land in France, there will be an agent holding a sign that will say Lindsay'. That will be your new last name. He will have all your new things for you. I'll see you soon baby." He hung up.
I hung up my phone too. I felt tears stinging my eyes. I closed them hoping they wouldn't come out, but I had no such luck. Vaughn noticed and placed his hand on my arm.
"Sweetie, what's wrong?" He asked.
"I'm sick of this life." I said. "It's not good for all of us, especially Gracie. I just wish this was all over. So why are we going to France?"
"Because. There's someone there who can help us that no one knows about."
We finally made it to the freeway and pulled on, heading back towards LA so we could get to the airport. A few minutes later, I heard Frankie whine. I turned around to see that Gracie was awake. She smiled at me.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
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We finally found a McDonalds to stop at. We got it to go and got back on the freeway as soon as possible.
We drove for about 8 more hours until we reached the airport. We gathered Gracie, Frankie and our luggage and hurried toward the section where the private planes were located. We found the one that was for the CIA's use and got on.
I put Gracie to sleep since it was 10 o'clock at night. Frankie was in a kennel in the back of the plane. I kissed Gracie on the forehead and walked over to Vaughn. I took a seat next to him and lay my head on his shoulder. He stroked my hair.
"Everything's gonna be alright, Syd. You'll see."
"Why are you staying with me? I mean how come you haven't left me? This life," I paused. "It's so crazy. Why do you want to be brought into it too?"
Vaughn placed his hand on my cheek. "Because I love you. You mean more to me than anything else in the whole entire world. And I also promised your father I would never let anything happen to you. I'm a man of his word."
I sighed and closed my eyes. "Well I love you too and I want everything to be ok so we can live a normal life. I just want to be normal. That's all I ever wanted."
You get me
When nobody understands
You come and hold my hand, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
Still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
'Cause you get me