Chapter 4: The Camdens get involved
When Ruthie had left the Kinkirk house Kevin turned to his wife and shook his head.
"Why are you shaking your head at me," Lucy asked her husband.
"You promised your sister something I can't do," Kevin told his wife. Lucy came over and sat by him.
"Why won't you do this favor for Ruthie," Lucy asked him.
"She is my sister-in-law now and I made a vow to stay out of family and in-law problems," Kevin said. Lucy groaned as she looked at the floor.
"My husband a police officer and he won't help out his own in-laws," Lucy thought to herself.
"Okay if I wasn't your wife you would look into it for her," Lucy wanted to know.
"In a flash," Kevin said to his wife. Lucy came over and sat down next to him on the couch.
"You need to do this for Ruthie, and for me. Because we don't want Mary and Wilson's marriage be ruined with this," Lucy said.
"Fine I will do this one, but don't drag me into the middle of something next time until I know all the facts," Kevin said to his wife.
"So then why won't you meddle into problems that concern family members or in-laws," Lucy growled at him.
"It is hard for a police officer to do that for family or in-laws unless they are some one else's," Kevin explained.
"I love you and from now on we need to let each other know the problem right away," Lucy said.
"I love you too," Kevin said as he reached over and kissed his wife on the cheek.
At the Camden home, Ruthie tried to sneak back up to her room to study when she was caught by her mom as she was coming from Sam and David's room.
"Ruthie I thought you were studying," Annie told her youngest daughter.
"I was I was just coming back from getting a snack," Ruthie lied as she tried to climb the stairs.
"Not so fast honey," Annie called. Ruthie looked down at her feet and walked sulkily back to her mom.
"Where were you really," Annie wanted to know.
"Over talking to Lucy and Kevin," Ruthie truthfully told her.
"What were you talking to them about that you couldn't tell me," Annie asked her daughter.
"The new Coach is Coach Koper and my friends and I have reason to believe he is again after Mary," Ruthie said.
"What makes you think that," Annie asked her daughter with an unsure tone in her voice.
"He introduced himself in gym that he was and then later asked me if Mary wanted to go out on a date with him so he could apologize for the past," Ruthie said. Annie nodded and ten smiled.
"Is that what you were doing at the Kinkirks," Annie asked. Ruthie nodded once she was free from her mom Ruthie ran up to her room.
When Ruthie reached her room she walked over to her bag and took it out to start her homework.
As Ruthie was starting her homework the phone rang. Ruthie turned over on her bed and picked up the phone.
"Hello," Ruthie said into the phone.
"Hi Ruthie, it is Wilson, I was wondering if you know anything about Mary, she won't tell me what is bothering her," she heard Wilson say into on the phone.
"Well do you remember hearing about Coach Koper and his pass he made on your wife when he made a pass on her," Ruthie asked over the phone.
"Not really I moved before then," Wilson said to her.
"Oh, really," Ruthie said.
"Could you help by spying on her for me," Wilson asked her.
"Sure, and I got Kevin checking on him for you too," Ruthie told her brother-in-law.
"Thanks, I got to go," Wilson said.
"Okay bye I love you, and say hi to Mary and Billy for me," Ruthie answered.
"Bye, I love you too, I will tell them," Wilson said. After the two of them got off the phone Ruthie finished her homework and went downstairs.
"Dad, can we talk," Ruthie asked when she found her dad in his office.
"What do you need," Eric asked as he put his pen down. Ruthie walked over to his desk.
"Well you remember Coach Koper," She asked her father.
"Of course, why," Eric asked.
"He is back and I think he wants Mary," Ruthie told him.
"What do you think that," Eric asked his daughter.
"He lied to me by asking me if he could take Mary out to apologize for years ago, and I don't by it," Ruthie said.
"What do want me to do," Eric asked her.
"I want him out before he hurts Mary, again," Ruthie said.
"Well I will try, go to bed, good night and I love you," Eric said.
"Night I love you too," Ruthie said. Ruthie then left Eric's office and went to say good night to her mom, and brothers and went to bed.