Chapter 3

Shawn went home furious at Marlena. He walked in slammed the door and headed up to his room to call Mimi to let her know what is going on.

Hope: Shawn come down here right now young man!

Shawn: Mom I really don't have time for another one of your lectures.

Hope: Well you better make time and I mean it!

Shawn: Fine. I am sorry I didn't realize that you had company. I apologize for being rude.

Hope: Shawn this isn't my company it is yours.

Shawn: I have never seen her before in my life.

Hope: She has come to talk to you about Belle's death.

Shawn: Damn it mother she is not dead.

Hope: See I told you Carrie he is in denial.

Carrie: Hello Shawn I am Dr. Carrie Mackie and I would like to sit down and talk to you about how you are feeling about the disappearance of your girlfriend.

Hope: This isn't debatable Shawn. You are mean to everyone you don't sleep well and your children spent 3/4 of their time with us or Belle's parents. They already lost their mother. Do you really think they need to lose their dad too.

Shawn: Don't you dare say that I am not thinking about them. Why do you think I am searching so hard for Belle. Of course it kills me to think of living without her but I grew up knowing what it was like to have your mother disappear and I will be damned if I am going to put my kids through that. Mom she needs me why won't anyone believe me I can feel it.

Carrie: Shawn I believe you. Maybe talking to me will help since I didn't know Belle or anything about your life before she disappeared.

Shawn: I will give it a try. But I don't want my mother in here. She isn't supporting me on my search. I don't want her here.

Hope: Shawn you don't mean that. You know I love Belle.

Shawn: Oh really is that why you are giving up. I am asking you and dad to trust me. She is still alive I can feel it. But you don't believe me. So I want you to leave.

Hope: Shawn

Shawn: I said to leave or I am not talking about this with anyone.

Hope: Fine I am going.

Warehouse

Belle was holding the now sleeping baby in her arms. Faith wore one of Deric's shirts, which was much too big on her and one of his diapers that swallowed her. Brady was sitting beside Belle watching the new baby while Jason was in the floor playing with Deric.

Brady: So now that the baby is born, we need to start looking for another way out.

Jason: We have been looking for a long time now. I think I have this whole room memorized.

Brady: Belle just had a baby. We need to get her to the hospital and back home to Shawn. We have to find a way out of here.

Belle: Brady, there is no way out. We are going to die in here. All five of us are going to die.

Brady: Belle, you gotta calm down. We are not going to die. I promise you that we will get out of here.

Deric stood up and started walking towards Belle. For nine months he had been stuck in this room with Belle, Jason, and Brady. Deric knew Belle as mommy and Brady as daddy. They kept telling Deric that Belle was not his mommy but he still called her momma.

Deric: Momma! (he reached his arms out for Belle, Brady picked him up)

Brady: That is Belle, not momma.

Belle: He doesn't remember Chloe. Brady, he will never see his real mother again and Shawn will never see his new daughter.

Jason: Belle, we are going to get you out of here. I don't want to spend the rest of my life in here.

Brady: Jason is right. Somehow we are going to get out.

Faith woke up and started crying. Belle rocked her gently and decided she was hungry.

Belle: She is hungry and I'm going to have to breastfeed her again since we don't have any milk. I can go to the bathroom if you want me to.

Brady: No, you go ahead and stay on the bed where it is more comfortable. I'm going to help Jason look for a way out.

Belle: Would you mind keeping Deric down there with you? I don't need him in my lap while I'm trying to breastfeed.

Brady: Come on Deric, you can help us find a way out.

So Belle stayed on the bed and began to feed her daughter while the others searched the room for the millionth time trying to find a way to escape their situation.

Bope's House

Carrie: Okay let's start from the beginning. Now your mother told me they have been missing for 9 months. She told me about all the trauma that Chris and his brothers put you through. I understand what has been happening but I need to know how you are handling it.

Shawn: I am handling it fine.

Carrie: Well how do you feel towards your friend Philip?

Shawn: That son of a bitch is not my friend.

Carrie: Do you go visit him?

Shawn: I will not step foot into his hospital room until they tell me he is awake and then I will be there soley to find out what in the hell he did with my girlfriend.

Carrie: What about Chris? Have you looked for him?

Shawn: We have searched everywhere. If I find him I am likely to kill him. so it would be best if I don't find him.

Carrie: Shawn tell me how you are feeling about the lose of Belle.

Shawn: I am fine. I am frustrated and I miss her.

Carrie: Why are you pulling away from your kids?

Shawn was about to answer her when the phone rang. Hope answered the phone and she went into the living room with a shocked look on her face.

Hope: Shawn. Philip is awake.

Hospital

Mimi was at the hospital to visit Chloe. Chloe was still in a coma and nobody knew if she would ever wake up. Mimi's parents had Mackenzie. Mimi pulled up a chair and sat beside Chloe's bed and held her hand. Mimi knew that Philip had just woke up but she would rather talk to Chloe.

Mimi: Chloe, sweetie, if you can hear me please wake up. We need you to come back to us. I don't understand why you tried to kill yourself but your son and Brady both need you. They are depending on you to wake up. We haven't found them yet but Shawn and I are looking. Shawn is positive they are in that old warehouse somewhere. He is planning on going there tomorrow and we are going to search until we find them. Chloe, you gotta wake up. I know it is scary but you are one of my best friends and I don't know what I would do without you. You have been in a coma for too long and now it is time to come back and join the land of the living.

Mimi stopped talking and studied Chloe closely. It was hard to recognize Chloe because of all the machines she was hooked up to so she would stay alive. An idea popped into Mimi's head.

Mimi: Chloe, if you can hear me will you squeeze my hand?

Mimi's eyes widened as she felt a light squeeze on her hand. She smiled happily. Hopefully, Chloe was going to wake up and come back to them. She could only hope.

Mimi ran out into the hallways to find Craig to tell him what had just happened while she was with Chloe.

Mimi: Craig she squeezed my hand when I told her to squeeze it if she could hear me.

Craig ran into Chloe's room and checked her vitals and her stats and nothing had changed. He turned to Mimi with a sad look on his face.

Craig: Mimi I am sorry but you must have wanted it to happen so badly that you imagined it. I want her to wake up to, but her vitals and stats are still the same.

Mimi: I didn't imagine it. See watch.

Mimi sat down next to the bed and grabbed her hand.

Mimi: Chloe if you can hear me squeeze my hand.

There was nothing no changes in stats and no squeeze. Mimi tried three more times.

Mimi was so frustrated. She knew she felt her squeeze her hand but she decided to come back and try again later. She was headed to Philip's room to demand some answers. And unfortunately this little setback with Chloe just put her in a horrible mood.

Philip's Room

Mimi reached the door of Philip's room right as Shawn did. They stopped to talk a minute before they headed in.

Mimi: Shawn he is awake. We might finally be getting our answers.

Shawn: Let's go in. I can't wait to find out where Belle is. If he don't kill me I will put him back into his coma.

There were 2 officers guarding Philip's door. Since Belle, Brady, Jason, and Deric were pronounced dead he was a murder plan and simple. He would go up against a judge who would decide whether to give him life in prison or death row.

Philip: Who let them in here?

Shawn: What's the matter Phil not happy to see us?

Philip: Get out of here now.

Mimi: See how it feels when someone attacks you.

Philip: I said to get out of here now.

Shawn: You want us gone. Fine than tell me what you did with Belle.

Philip: I got shot remember. I couldn't have done anything with her.

Mimi: Well you know what the plan was now didn't you. Just tell us where they are and we won't ever bother you again.