They sat down to dinner and everyone began to eat.
"I'm not hungry," Ruthie said, "Can I be excused?"
"I don't think so, Ruthie. Please eat just a little to show Jennifer that she didn't make this for nothing," Annie replied, not knowing about the pills.
"Ok," Ruthie agreed, not excited. Jennifer smiled. Ruthie took a bite and then a drink. She liked it and they continued to eat.
"Mom, can me and Happy take a walk after dinner?" Simon asked.
"I suppose," Annie replied. Lucy took a sip of her drink and coughed.
"Lucy, what's wrong?" Eric asked.
"I choked," Lucy said, coughing.
"You ok?" Mary asked, patting her sister on the back. Lucy took another drink.
"Yeah. I'm ok now," Lucy replied. Ruthie was looking down at her plate.
"Ruthie? What's wrong?" Eric asked. Ruthie was turning pale.
"I don't feel too good," Ruthie replied. She got up. "I'll be right back."
"Ok, honey. Take your time," Annie said. Ruthie went upstairs.
"You know, I'll go see if she's ok," Jennifer said. She got up, pushed in her chair, and went upstairs.
***
Jennifer came up to Ruthie in her room.
"What's wrong?" Jennifer asked.
"What'd you do?" Ruthie asked.
"Do you want to know?" Jennifer asked.
"Yes. I feel dizzy. I don't like it. I think I'm gonna be sick," Ruthie replied.
"Maybe because I put pills in your food and wine in your drink," Jennifer said. Ruthie glared at her.
"I don't like you," Ruthie replied. Jennifer went up to her and began to shake her.
"Well, I HATE you!" Jennifer said.
"Quit it! Quit shaking me! What did I ever do to you?" Ruthie asked.
"You know that I'm after something, and this is the end of you!" Jennifer replied. She pushed Ruthie down and Ruthie took a chance.
"What are you looking for?" Ruthie asked.
"Your brother, Simon, bought something from the store my boyfriend works at and he gave him counterfit money by mistake. That money was going to be given to the hospital to pay for my sister's operation. I came to get it," Jennifer replied.
"You can kill me! But you can't kill my family's ears!" Ruthie exclaimed, throwing the nearby baby moniter to Jennifer. "It was on downstairs. I would look behind you." Jennifer turned around to see the entire family with crossed arms staring at her with fury in their eyes. Annie ran to Ruthie and hugged her as she cried.
"How dare you?" Annie exclaimed.
"She deserved it," Jennifer replied.
"I think you deserve this," said Sgt. Micheals as he came in and hand-cuffed her.
"You called the police?" Jennifer asked.
"What? You thought you could get away with child abuse and giving out counterfit money with the intention to steal it back?" Eric asked, "Big mistake."
"We'll see you in court!" Annie exclaimed. She was taken out of the house and escourted to a police car and the family gathered around Ruthie.
"I don't....feel....good," Ruthie said, weakly. Then she fainted.
"I'm not hungry," Ruthie said, "Can I be excused?"
"I don't think so, Ruthie. Please eat just a little to show Jennifer that she didn't make this for nothing," Annie replied, not knowing about the pills.
"Ok," Ruthie agreed, not excited. Jennifer smiled. Ruthie took a bite and then a drink. She liked it and they continued to eat.
"Mom, can me and Happy take a walk after dinner?" Simon asked.
"I suppose," Annie replied. Lucy took a sip of her drink and coughed.
"Lucy, what's wrong?" Eric asked.
"I choked," Lucy said, coughing.
"You ok?" Mary asked, patting her sister on the back. Lucy took another drink.
"Yeah. I'm ok now," Lucy replied. Ruthie was looking down at her plate.
"Ruthie? What's wrong?" Eric asked. Ruthie was turning pale.
"I don't feel too good," Ruthie replied. She got up. "I'll be right back."
"Ok, honey. Take your time," Annie said. Ruthie went upstairs.
"You know, I'll go see if she's ok," Jennifer said. She got up, pushed in her chair, and went upstairs.
***
Jennifer came up to Ruthie in her room.
"What's wrong?" Jennifer asked.
"What'd you do?" Ruthie asked.
"Do you want to know?" Jennifer asked.
"Yes. I feel dizzy. I don't like it. I think I'm gonna be sick," Ruthie replied.
"Maybe because I put pills in your food and wine in your drink," Jennifer said. Ruthie glared at her.
"I don't like you," Ruthie replied. Jennifer went up to her and began to shake her.
"Well, I HATE you!" Jennifer said.
"Quit it! Quit shaking me! What did I ever do to you?" Ruthie asked.
"You know that I'm after something, and this is the end of you!" Jennifer replied. She pushed Ruthie down and Ruthie took a chance.
"What are you looking for?" Ruthie asked.
"Your brother, Simon, bought something from the store my boyfriend works at and he gave him counterfit money by mistake. That money was going to be given to the hospital to pay for my sister's operation. I came to get it," Jennifer replied.
"You can kill me! But you can't kill my family's ears!" Ruthie exclaimed, throwing the nearby baby moniter to Jennifer. "It was on downstairs. I would look behind you." Jennifer turned around to see the entire family with crossed arms staring at her with fury in their eyes. Annie ran to Ruthie and hugged her as she cried.
"How dare you?" Annie exclaimed.
"She deserved it," Jennifer replied.
"I think you deserve this," said Sgt. Micheals as he came in and hand-cuffed her.
"You called the police?" Jennifer asked.
"What? You thought you could get away with child abuse and giving out counterfit money with the intention to steal it back?" Eric asked, "Big mistake."
"We'll see you in court!" Annie exclaimed. She was taken out of the house and escourted to a police car and the family gathered around Ruthie.
"I don't....feel....good," Ruthie said, weakly. Then she fainted.