The next morning everyone slept in then got dressed then breakfast was
made. After the dishes were cleared and breakfast was done Mary went to her
friends house, Lucy helped Simon with his report which is due on Friday.
Eric and Ruthie went to drive around as Annie was playing with the twins
when the phone rang.
"Dad, where are we going?" Ruthie asks.
"We are going to Katie's house."
"What? I-I-I don't want to go." Ruthie says in worry.
"It's going to be okay, honey. It was just one night."
"I don't care. I'm still scared." Ruthie says.
"Oh I know but there is nothing to be scared of, Jack needed to talk to Darren about some problem he has so they were going to be at the pool hall the night you came and Darren left a message with one of Jack's co-workers on Thursday and she never gave him that message."
"Why?" Ruthie asks.
"Don't know, something probably just came up and she forgot. Remember when you and Simon felt guilty about not telling mom and me about Mary's 'extreme plan'?"
"Yeah." Ruthie says.
"You were going to tell us but Matt just came at that time and you couldn't tell us. It wasn't your fault or Simon's."
"You're right." Ruthie says.
"Of course. You ready?" Eric asks as he parks the car in front of Katie's house.
"Yeah." Ruthie says as she and Eric get out of the car and into Katie's house.
Mary and her friend Diane, went the mall to check out clothes but didn't buy any since they wanted to save their allowance money to buy Christmas gifts. After a few hours they went to the pool hall to eat then went home. Simon had a better of how great Abraham Lincoln was and what the country would have been like if he wasn't around after finishing the report.
"This country would have been divided if it wasn't for Abraham Lincoln with the country split in to from Washington D.C. to possibly what is now San Francisco, California. One part, the northern part could be doing well economically with no slaves, but the south could be doing bad and may still have slaves to this day if Mr. Lincoln didn't try to bring both sides together. He may have made this country better if he had survived the assassination which happened after the South surrendered." Simon reads the last part of his report, then asks, "What do you think?"
"Pretty good. I like it." Lucy says.
"Thanks."
"Need anymore help?" Lucy says.
"No, I got it, Thanks."
"Let dad read it and see what he says."
"Okay Lucy."
Lucy leaves the room to enter her room to call Shelby to see what she is doing tonight while Mary was writing. Eric and Ruthie came home from talking to one of Katie's dad's co-workers. Ruthie went upstairs to color as Annie told Eric that she and Patricia are going to out with her friends to the pool hall and might be home late. Eric says okay and asks if he can order pizza for kids which Annie says yes. After Patricia picks up Annie, dinner arrives and the kids as well as Eric eat while he gives the twins their baby food. After dinner Eric looks at Simon's report as Mary and Lucy were giving the twins a bath as Ruthie was coloring. Eric tells Simon that he liked the report and he did a great job. Simon then leaves for his room as the phone rings as Eric picks it up. Eric tells the kids he needed to go out for awhile and page him or call Matt or Annie if there are any problems since he needed to counsel someone. Mary and Lucy were playing with the twins after giving them a bath when they were told Eric had to leave. An hour later Ruthie, Simon and Lucy go to bed as Mary waited up for Eric to tell him nothing happened. Then after Eric got home they both went to bed, she went to her room, he went to his to get ready. An hour after Eric comes home, Annie comes home she goes to bed. Eric got up when he heard the twins were fussing and went to tend to them which they needed to be changed then Eric went back to bed. Few hours later—
"Hey Annie, you better watch out for that Derrick guy. He is not a nice guy."
"I've heard about him. What should I do if he approaches me?" Annie asks.
"Tell him you have a boyfriend."
"Yeah but I do. He's in Buffalo, New York." Annie says.
"Yeah, but he doesn't know that."
"Does anyone know what happened to Tracy?" Annie asks.
"Everyone thinks she was killed by Derrick."
"Oh, how horrible." Annie says.
"Have you called your boyfriend, Eric yet?"
"No, I'm not going to tell him about this." Annie says.
"Why? You should tell him cause what if you marry him and this creep if he is ever caught escapes when you are married to Eric.?"
"I don't know but how do you know I'm going to marry Eric?" Annie says.
"Come on Annie!! I can see it in your eyes."
Later that evening--
"Hello there baby cakes!!" Derrick says as he corners Annie at the college dorm.
"Hi. I'm going home."
"No you're not. You're mine!!" Derrick says as he grabs Annie and puts her in his dorm room which wasn't far from hers.
"NO!! NO!! Stop!! You are hurting me! No! Stop it!! Someone help!!" Annie cries.
"Dad, where are we going?" Ruthie asks.
"We are going to Katie's house."
"What? I-I-I don't want to go." Ruthie says in worry.
"It's going to be okay, honey. It was just one night."
"I don't care. I'm still scared." Ruthie says.
"Oh I know but there is nothing to be scared of, Jack needed to talk to Darren about some problem he has so they were going to be at the pool hall the night you came and Darren left a message with one of Jack's co-workers on Thursday and she never gave him that message."
"Why?" Ruthie asks.
"Don't know, something probably just came up and she forgot. Remember when you and Simon felt guilty about not telling mom and me about Mary's 'extreme plan'?"
"Yeah." Ruthie says.
"You were going to tell us but Matt just came at that time and you couldn't tell us. It wasn't your fault or Simon's."
"You're right." Ruthie says.
"Of course. You ready?" Eric asks as he parks the car in front of Katie's house.
"Yeah." Ruthie says as she and Eric get out of the car and into Katie's house.
Mary and her friend Diane, went the mall to check out clothes but didn't buy any since they wanted to save their allowance money to buy Christmas gifts. After a few hours they went to the pool hall to eat then went home. Simon had a better of how great Abraham Lincoln was and what the country would have been like if he wasn't around after finishing the report.
"This country would have been divided if it wasn't for Abraham Lincoln with the country split in to from Washington D.C. to possibly what is now San Francisco, California. One part, the northern part could be doing well economically with no slaves, but the south could be doing bad and may still have slaves to this day if Mr. Lincoln didn't try to bring both sides together. He may have made this country better if he had survived the assassination which happened after the South surrendered." Simon reads the last part of his report, then asks, "What do you think?"
"Pretty good. I like it." Lucy says.
"Thanks."
"Need anymore help?" Lucy says.
"No, I got it, Thanks."
"Let dad read it and see what he says."
"Okay Lucy."
Lucy leaves the room to enter her room to call Shelby to see what she is doing tonight while Mary was writing. Eric and Ruthie came home from talking to one of Katie's dad's co-workers. Ruthie went upstairs to color as Annie told Eric that she and Patricia are going to out with her friends to the pool hall and might be home late. Eric says okay and asks if he can order pizza for kids which Annie says yes. After Patricia picks up Annie, dinner arrives and the kids as well as Eric eat while he gives the twins their baby food. After dinner Eric looks at Simon's report as Mary and Lucy were giving the twins a bath as Ruthie was coloring. Eric tells Simon that he liked the report and he did a great job. Simon then leaves for his room as the phone rings as Eric picks it up. Eric tells the kids he needed to go out for awhile and page him or call Matt or Annie if there are any problems since he needed to counsel someone. Mary and Lucy were playing with the twins after giving them a bath when they were told Eric had to leave. An hour later Ruthie, Simon and Lucy go to bed as Mary waited up for Eric to tell him nothing happened. Then after Eric got home they both went to bed, she went to her room, he went to his to get ready. An hour after Eric comes home, Annie comes home she goes to bed. Eric got up when he heard the twins were fussing and went to tend to them which they needed to be changed then Eric went back to bed. Few hours later—
"Hey Annie, you better watch out for that Derrick guy. He is not a nice guy."
"I've heard about him. What should I do if he approaches me?" Annie asks.
"Tell him you have a boyfriend."
"Yeah but I do. He's in Buffalo, New York." Annie says.
"Yeah, but he doesn't know that."
"Does anyone know what happened to Tracy?" Annie asks.
"Everyone thinks she was killed by Derrick."
"Oh, how horrible." Annie says.
"Have you called your boyfriend, Eric yet?"
"No, I'm not going to tell him about this." Annie says.
"Why? You should tell him cause what if you marry him and this creep if he is ever caught escapes when you are married to Eric.?"
"I don't know but how do you know I'm going to marry Eric?" Annie says.
"Come on Annie!! I can see it in your eyes."
Later that evening--
"Hello there baby cakes!!" Derrick says as he corners Annie at the college dorm.
"Hi. I'm going home."
"No you're not. You're mine!!" Derrick says as he grabs Annie and puts her in his dorm room which wasn't far from hers.
"NO!! NO!! Stop!! You are hurting me! No! Stop it!! Someone help!!" Annie cries.