To the reviewer who asked how this is humorous: Well there are a few funny
things in this story but after thinking about it, it's really not funny
other than that few things you may laugh about.
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"Dad, Simon and Ruthie are gone and I-couldn't protect them." Matt says as he cries on Eric's shoulder.
"It's okay, son. It isn't your fault." Eric says as he hugs his eldest son with tears in his eyes.
"Dad, how did you get here?" Matt asks in tears.
"Sgt. Michaels asked a police officer to get me when he realized you were here and in trouble."
"But dad, how long have they been gone?"
"About 20 minutes." An officer replies.
"Do you need to talk to him?" Eric asks the officer as they are about to get into Matt's car.
"Uh, not for now. But the witnesses have indicated that he didn't see the attackers."
"Thanks." Eric says as he gets into Matt's car, Matt gets in the passenger side then they go home.
When Matt and Eric comes in the door, Mary, Lucy and Annie rush to give Matt a hug and as they walk over to the family room, Matt sits down on the couch, Annie was next to him, Mary was sitting in the chair and Lucy was on the couch across from Matt and Annie. Eric was sitting next to Lucy consoling her as they all told Matt everything was going to be okay and it wasn't his fault.
The doorbell rings, Annie gets it and Sgt. Michaels comes to the living room stands near Mary and Annie sat next to Matt.
"I'm not sure how to say this but I don't believe the man we arrested the other day has anything to do with Ruthie and Simon's kidnapping." Sgt. Michaels says.
"You don't?" Eric asks worriedly.
"No, I think this was an isolated incident but I and my other officers will check out every possible trail."
"Is there anything else about the kidnapping?" Eric asked.
"We do have good descriptions of the attackers, the car and what the kids were wearing."
"I know it's just-- my brother and sister--." Matt tries to talk but starts to cry as Eric hugs him as well as Annie.
"I'll let you know if I know anything." Sgt. Michaels says.
"Okay." Annie says as Sgt. Michaels walks out the door with Eric behind him.
Meanwhile-
"Let us go please." Simon says pleads as the men keep driving as Ruthie holds his arm.
"Shut up." Jim, one of the men says.
"Hey Jim, were almost in Orange County." Andy says as he is driving.
"How much gas do we have left." Jim asks.
"We got enough to get into San Diego but not enough to go down to the border."
An hour later Jim stops at a gas station that has a bathroom for men and women. Simon goes in the ladies room with Ruthie because the men's room is occupied. There was a lady in the restroom, Simon asked her if he can use her lipstick which she gave him then she left. Simon went to one of the stalls that was empty, went to the bathroom then wrote on the door of the stall:
Going to the Border.
Two men kidnapped me and my sister from Glen Oak.
Two men named Jim and Andy.
Please help.
Simon and Ruthie Camden.
After he put the lipstick in his pocket, he and his sister left the bathroom then after getting back in the car since they couldn't escape because Jim was holding on to their arms.
Jim and Andy drove off to a convenience store. While in the convenience store Simon who had $20 dollars in his pocket that he always had so he bought some soda and exlax. Jim saw Simon buying then decided to by some water and later told Simon that he had better not squealed but Simon told him he didn't then after an hour a police car was behind them without lights or sirens.
"Speed up man there is a police car behind us." Jim says.
"Does he have lights and sirens on?" Andy asks.
"No but speed up."
"Fine." Andy says as he speeds up then goes on to an onramp, the car doesn't follow.
"So San Diego here we are." Andy says as the radio talks about the kidnapping of two kids possibly going to the border.
"What the.."Jim says.
"Fine, we are going to Arizona." Andy says.
Ruthie is sleeping on Simon's lap then she was awaken by Simon when the men stop at a gas station then let Simon and Ruthie use the restroom then the men used it as well. Ruthie whispered to Simon that she was scared, he then put his arm around her and told her he would protect her.
At the Camdens..
"Mom, Mary and I don't want to go to school." Lucy said as morning came.
"Well, that's fine cause you, and Mary will not go to school for the rest of the week." Eric said as Annie was just going to respond.
"Dad, I'm really scared." Lucy says as she starts to cry.
"It's okay Lucy. I will protect all of you." Eric says while hugging Lucy.
Annie goes upstairs to see Matt who is talking to Mary.
"I feel like this is all my fault."
"Look, this is not your fault. They knocked you down and you just couldn't help them." Mary says trying to help her eldest brother cope.
"I don't feel like a good brother, I just didn't do what big brothers are supposed to do, protect their siblings."
"Matt, stop beating yourself over this. Do you remember when we were carjacked?" Annie said then asked.
"Mom, of course I do." Matt asked.
"It wasn't your fault then and it isn't your fault now." Annie says as she hugs Matt as Mary joins in the hug.
A day after the kidnapping the Eric's parents, Charles and Ginger were at the house to be with the family and Eric was talking to Lucy because she had really as been upset, Mary was talking to the Colonel as Ruth was talking to Matt while Annie was taking a nap then she wakes up an hour later as the doorbell rings..
"I'll get it." Matt says as he gets the door while Eric, Annie, Mary, Lucy, Eric's parents and Annie's dad approach from the kitchen.
"Hello." Sgt. Michaels says as he walks in with another officer to the living room as everyone sits.
"The Yuma police found the suspects' car that was used in the kidnapping of Simon and Ruthie. Unfortunately, the car was abandoned even though there have been sightings of the children and the men."
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"Dad, Simon and Ruthie are gone and I-couldn't protect them." Matt says as he cries on Eric's shoulder.
"It's okay, son. It isn't your fault." Eric says as he hugs his eldest son with tears in his eyes.
"Dad, how did you get here?" Matt asks in tears.
"Sgt. Michaels asked a police officer to get me when he realized you were here and in trouble."
"But dad, how long have they been gone?"
"About 20 minutes." An officer replies.
"Do you need to talk to him?" Eric asks the officer as they are about to get into Matt's car.
"Uh, not for now. But the witnesses have indicated that he didn't see the attackers."
"Thanks." Eric says as he gets into Matt's car, Matt gets in the passenger side then they go home.
When Matt and Eric comes in the door, Mary, Lucy and Annie rush to give Matt a hug and as they walk over to the family room, Matt sits down on the couch, Annie was next to him, Mary was sitting in the chair and Lucy was on the couch across from Matt and Annie. Eric was sitting next to Lucy consoling her as they all told Matt everything was going to be okay and it wasn't his fault.
The doorbell rings, Annie gets it and Sgt. Michaels comes to the living room stands near Mary and Annie sat next to Matt.
"I'm not sure how to say this but I don't believe the man we arrested the other day has anything to do with Ruthie and Simon's kidnapping." Sgt. Michaels says.
"You don't?" Eric asks worriedly.
"No, I think this was an isolated incident but I and my other officers will check out every possible trail."
"Is there anything else about the kidnapping?" Eric asked.
"We do have good descriptions of the attackers, the car and what the kids were wearing."
"I know it's just-- my brother and sister--." Matt tries to talk but starts to cry as Eric hugs him as well as Annie.
"I'll let you know if I know anything." Sgt. Michaels says.
"Okay." Annie says as Sgt. Michaels walks out the door with Eric behind him.
Meanwhile-
"Let us go please." Simon says pleads as the men keep driving as Ruthie holds his arm.
"Shut up." Jim, one of the men says.
"Hey Jim, were almost in Orange County." Andy says as he is driving.
"How much gas do we have left." Jim asks.
"We got enough to get into San Diego but not enough to go down to the border."
An hour later Jim stops at a gas station that has a bathroom for men and women. Simon goes in the ladies room with Ruthie because the men's room is occupied. There was a lady in the restroom, Simon asked her if he can use her lipstick which she gave him then she left. Simon went to one of the stalls that was empty, went to the bathroom then wrote on the door of the stall:
Going to the Border.
Two men kidnapped me and my sister from Glen Oak.
Two men named Jim and Andy.
Please help.
Simon and Ruthie Camden.
After he put the lipstick in his pocket, he and his sister left the bathroom then after getting back in the car since they couldn't escape because Jim was holding on to their arms.
Jim and Andy drove off to a convenience store. While in the convenience store Simon who had $20 dollars in his pocket that he always had so he bought some soda and exlax. Jim saw Simon buying then decided to by some water and later told Simon that he had better not squealed but Simon told him he didn't then after an hour a police car was behind them without lights or sirens.
"Speed up man there is a police car behind us." Jim says.
"Does he have lights and sirens on?" Andy asks.
"No but speed up."
"Fine." Andy says as he speeds up then goes on to an onramp, the car doesn't follow.
"So San Diego here we are." Andy says as the radio talks about the kidnapping of two kids possibly going to the border.
"What the.."Jim says.
"Fine, we are going to Arizona." Andy says.
Ruthie is sleeping on Simon's lap then she was awaken by Simon when the men stop at a gas station then let Simon and Ruthie use the restroom then the men used it as well. Ruthie whispered to Simon that she was scared, he then put his arm around her and told her he would protect her.
At the Camdens..
"Mom, Mary and I don't want to go to school." Lucy said as morning came.
"Well, that's fine cause you, and Mary will not go to school for the rest of the week." Eric said as Annie was just going to respond.
"Dad, I'm really scared." Lucy says as she starts to cry.
"It's okay Lucy. I will protect all of you." Eric says while hugging Lucy.
Annie goes upstairs to see Matt who is talking to Mary.
"I feel like this is all my fault."
"Look, this is not your fault. They knocked you down and you just couldn't help them." Mary says trying to help her eldest brother cope.
"I don't feel like a good brother, I just didn't do what big brothers are supposed to do, protect their siblings."
"Matt, stop beating yourself over this. Do you remember when we were carjacked?" Annie said then asked.
"Mom, of course I do." Matt asked.
"It wasn't your fault then and it isn't your fault now." Annie says as she hugs Matt as Mary joins in the hug.
A day after the kidnapping the Eric's parents, Charles and Ginger were at the house to be with the family and Eric was talking to Lucy because she had really as been upset, Mary was talking to the Colonel as Ruth was talking to Matt while Annie was taking a nap then she wakes up an hour later as the doorbell rings..
"I'll get it." Matt says as he gets the door while Eric, Annie, Mary, Lucy, Eric's parents and Annie's dad approach from the kitchen.
"Hello." Sgt. Michaels says as he walks in with another officer to the living room as everyone sits.
"The Yuma police found the suspects' car that was used in the kidnapping of Simon and Ruthie. Unfortunately, the car was abandoned even though there have been sightings of the children and the men."