Disclaimer: The characters belong to who ever owns Walker Texas Ranger,
except Sylvia Cooke, Sydney's daughter and family, Johnny Lawrence and his
family which I've created.
Sylvia felt like she was about to reveal her own history to these people, maybe that was because she had never told anyone about this because of Sydney. In fact, she had never even discussed it with anyone except her family.
Gage waited for her to begin telling them about Sydney. He waited with anticipation as well as fear. He wanted to know more about her of course, but at the same time he was afraid of what he would discover.
"Sydney and I were raised by our parents in the same house they still live in. I guess people considered me the normal kid. You know, the one who played with dolls together with the other girls. Syd....was different from the rest of us, special. She loved to read crime- novels and always got into trouble while out looking for mysteries to solve. When she was seventeen and I was fourteen, she met Johnny. He was eighteen then, still lived at home though. His family was very rich and successful. His dream was going into the family business.
It didn't take her long to fall in love with him, and he told her he loved her too. I was the only one who knew about them. She never told our parents because she was afraid they'd forbid her to see him. A few months later Sydney found out she was pregnant.
She was young and too afraid to have an abortion. Said she would feel guilty for the rest of her life knowing she killed the baby inside her. Johnny convinced her that the best thing would be for her to have the baby without telling mom or dad. She didn't agree with him at first, but he convinced her. He can be very convincing when he wants to be.
Sydney told me they were planning on running away from home together. She would have the baby, give it up for adoption and then come home again when it was all over and she would then have turned eighteen. Then they were going to pretend they just met and start all over again and no one would know she had been pregnant. Sydney was really embarrassed about it for some reason, perhaps because she was so young.
They ran away to Houston where they stayed with a doctor Johnny knew, he was a friend of the family. He delivered the baby in his home when it was time. But when Sydney saw her daughter for the first time, she no longer wanted to send her away. She wanted them to raise their daughter themselves. But Johnny didn't see it that way. Once the baby had been born he turned into a completely different person. Claimed he wasn't ready to be a father yet and that he was going to get rid of the baby no matter what Sydney said. He took the baby away from her and gave it to the doctor. When Sydney tried to resist he beat her. Later she was told the doctor had abandoned the baby on the street.
They kept Sydney in her room until all the bruises covering her body had disappeared and no one could tell she had given birth to a baby. She told me that during that time she desperately tried getting them to tell her where he had left her daughter but they refused and Johnny threatened to beat her more if she ever asked that again. And promised he would kill her if she ever tried to find the baby.
He said his family could not handle the idea of him having a child with someone like her. When she got back she collapsed on the door-step and as soon as she had been calmed she told me and mom and dad everything.
Dad went back to search for the baby, but with no success. Then they tried another approach. Mom and dad went to see Johnny and his family. I stayed home with Sydney who refused to see him again. Johnny's family obviously had no idea what had happened and Johnny denied it. According to him it was all lies and he had never seen Sydney before in his life.
Sydney also reported it to the police. But all they did was interrogate Johnny who denied it again. The police also went to the doctor's home, only to find it empty. It was like he was never even there. Then we understood that Johnny had planned to get rid of the baby ever since he learned of my sister's pregnancy. But what we did not understand was why he didn't just kill it in the first place.
Three months later we got the answer to that question. By then Sydney had searched every inch of the city for her child, put up notes, done everything she possibly could, including going to a police-station in Houston near the doctor's home. That was when she found out that the doctor had gone to the police, and left the child there. He claimed the child's parents had been killed in a car-accident he had witnessed. Then he had just run out the door leaving no more information.
But the police had no information about any car-accidents near by, and had no way of knowing who the parents were. The child ended up in an orphanage.
Sydney visited the orphanage and an old woman who had worked there a long time remembered the child, but it was too late. Somebody had already adopted her, a young couple. She checked their names and it was Mr and Mrs Johnny Lawrence.
Sydney went back home and decided to pay a visit to Johnny. They wouldn't let her in so she stayed by the gate until he showed himself and had to talk to her, she wouldn't go away until he did. She told me he actually didn't seem to have that big of a problem telling her the truth, since she could never prove it anyway.
He had never been in love with her. In fact he had already been married when they met. To a woman he loved and who had just lost her new born baby. He told her that his wife had actually killed it herself because she was mentally disturbed, but not anymore. She had received help and was now a much happier person who wanted a child but of course no one would allow her to adopt a baby and she could not have any more of her own. He said he and his wife loved their new daughter very much and that Sydney had better just walk away and move on with her life.
He said there was no way she would ever see her child again and if she made contact with her in the future it would affect everyone she loved.
Sydney hasn't seen her daughter ever since, she felt she just couldn't risk it. But she did suspect something criminal was going on inside that company the Lawrence family has. Drugs were her main suspicion.
She became a Texas Ranger in hope she could work with some cases involving them. I don't know if she did it to stop the drugs or for revenge against Johnny but I do know she is still hoping to get her bay back. She has to be around eight years old now, and I'm sure she is a beautiful little girl just like her mother.
Anyway, Sydney called me a few weeks ago and told me she had found something big she could use against them. She also told me she had seen the girl at the playground with her father. It wasn't the first time though. She goes there every week at the same time to watch her play from a safe distance. But what she told me she had seen him do to that little girl this time is just horrible. He hit her with the back of his hand just because she wouldn't get off the swing. And she filmed it with the video camera she had brought to film her daughter play. It was the only way she ever got to see her.
She was so angry that without thinking she opened the door and stepped out of the car, that's when he recognized her. And that is why my parents are out of the country at the moment, for their own safety. I've been staying with some friends but when I didn't hear from Sydney I got worried and went here. I was on my way over to her when I stopped by my parents' house and got your message.
I had a feeling he would try something like this, especially when Sydney found a witness that could testify her daughter was being abused at home. It was an old maid that had worked at the house a year ago. She has been put in some sort of witness protection program."
Sylvia finished telling them and they all just sat there. This was even bigger than any of them had thought. Now there was an abused child which happened to be Sydney's, a possible drug operation, a doctor who they guessed wasn't really a doctor and a kidnapping involved.
Sylvia felt like she was about to reveal her own history to these people, maybe that was because she had never told anyone about this because of Sydney. In fact, she had never even discussed it with anyone except her family.
Gage waited for her to begin telling them about Sydney. He waited with anticipation as well as fear. He wanted to know more about her of course, but at the same time he was afraid of what he would discover.
"Sydney and I were raised by our parents in the same house they still live in. I guess people considered me the normal kid. You know, the one who played with dolls together with the other girls. Syd....was different from the rest of us, special. She loved to read crime- novels and always got into trouble while out looking for mysteries to solve. When she was seventeen and I was fourteen, she met Johnny. He was eighteen then, still lived at home though. His family was very rich and successful. His dream was going into the family business.
It didn't take her long to fall in love with him, and he told her he loved her too. I was the only one who knew about them. She never told our parents because she was afraid they'd forbid her to see him. A few months later Sydney found out she was pregnant.
She was young and too afraid to have an abortion. Said she would feel guilty for the rest of her life knowing she killed the baby inside her. Johnny convinced her that the best thing would be for her to have the baby without telling mom or dad. She didn't agree with him at first, but he convinced her. He can be very convincing when he wants to be.
Sydney told me they were planning on running away from home together. She would have the baby, give it up for adoption and then come home again when it was all over and she would then have turned eighteen. Then they were going to pretend they just met and start all over again and no one would know she had been pregnant. Sydney was really embarrassed about it for some reason, perhaps because she was so young.
They ran away to Houston where they stayed with a doctor Johnny knew, he was a friend of the family. He delivered the baby in his home when it was time. But when Sydney saw her daughter for the first time, she no longer wanted to send her away. She wanted them to raise their daughter themselves. But Johnny didn't see it that way. Once the baby had been born he turned into a completely different person. Claimed he wasn't ready to be a father yet and that he was going to get rid of the baby no matter what Sydney said. He took the baby away from her and gave it to the doctor. When Sydney tried to resist he beat her. Later she was told the doctor had abandoned the baby on the street.
They kept Sydney in her room until all the bruises covering her body had disappeared and no one could tell she had given birth to a baby. She told me that during that time she desperately tried getting them to tell her where he had left her daughter but they refused and Johnny threatened to beat her more if she ever asked that again. And promised he would kill her if she ever tried to find the baby.
He said his family could not handle the idea of him having a child with someone like her. When she got back she collapsed on the door-step and as soon as she had been calmed she told me and mom and dad everything.
Dad went back to search for the baby, but with no success. Then they tried another approach. Mom and dad went to see Johnny and his family. I stayed home with Sydney who refused to see him again. Johnny's family obviously had no idea what had happened and Johnny denied it. According to him it was all lies and he had never seen Sydney before in his life.
Sydney also reported it to the police. But all they did was interrogate Johnny who denied it again. The police also went to the doctor's home, only to find it empty. It was like he was never even there. Then we understood that Johnny had planned to get rid of the baby ever since he learned of my sister's pregnancy. But what we did not understand was why he didn't just kill it in the first place.
Three months later we got the answer to that question. By then Sydney had searched every inch of the city for her child, put up notes, done everything she possibly could, including going to a police-station in Houston near the doctor's home. That was when she found out that the doctor had gone to the police, and left the child there. He claimed the child's parents had been killed in a car-accident he had witnessed. Then he had just run out the door leaving no more information.
But the police had no information about any car-accidents near by, and had no way of knowing who the parents were. The child ended up in an orphanage.
Sydney visited the orphanage and an old woman who had worked there a long time remembered the child, but it was too late. Somebody had already adopted her, a young couple. She checked their names and it was Mr and Mrs Johnny Lawrence.
Sydney went back home and decided to pay a visit to Johnny. They wouldn't let her in so she stayed by the gate until he showed himself and had to talk to her, she wouldn't go away until he did. She told me he actually didn't seem to have that big of a problem telling her the truth, since she could never prove it anyway.
He had never been in love with her. In fact he had already been married when they met. To a woman he loved and who had just lost her new born baby. He told her that his wife had actually killed it herself because she was mentally disturbed, but not anymore. She had received help and was now a much happier person who wanted a child but of course no one would allow her to adopt a baby and she could not have any more of her own. He said he and his wife loved their new daughter very much and that Sydney had better just walk away and move on with her life.
He said there was no way she would ever see her child again and if she made contact with her in the future it would affect everyone she loved.
Sydney hasn't seen her daughter ever since, she felt she just couldn't risk it. But she did suspect something criminal was going on inside that company the Lawrence family has. Drugs were her main suspicion.
She became a Texas Ranger in hope she could work with some cases involving them. I don't know if she did it to stop the drugs or for revenge against Johnny but I do know she is still hoping to get her bay back. She has to be around eight years old now, and I'm sure she is a beautiful little girl just like her mother.
Anyway, Sydney called me a few weeks ago and told me she had found something big she could use against them. She also told me she had seen the girl at the playground with her father. It wasn't the first time though. She goes there every week at the same time to watch her play from a safe distance. But what she told me she had seen him do to that little girl this time is just horrible. He hit her with the back of his hand just because she wouldn't get off the swing. And she filmed it with the video camera she had brought to film her daughter play. It was the only way she ever got to see her.
She was so angry that without thinking she opened the door and stepped out of the car, that's when he recognized her. And that is why my parents are out of the country at the moment, for their own safety. I've been staying with some friends but when I didn't hear from Sydney I got worried and went here. I was on my way over to her when I stopped by my parents' house and got your message.
I had a feeling he would try something like this, especially when Sydney found a witness that could testify her daughter was being abused at home. It was an old maid that had worked at the house a year ago. She has been put in some sort of witness protection program."
Sylvia finished telling them and they all just sat there. This was even bigger than any of them had thought. Now there was an abused child which happened to be Sydney's, a possible drug operation, a doctor who they guessed wasn't really a doctor and a kidnapping involved.