No matter how rammed up Tommy's car was, he wasn't going to give up. He wasn't going to lose his daughter to his ex-girlfriend. Not to mention, Jude's sister. He pulled out his cell and quickly called Jude. "Jude, you won't frickin believe who the hell kidnapped Hope," Tommy said. "Who the hell kidnapped Hope?" Jude asked. "Does the license plate 'Sexy Sade's' remind you of anything?" Tommy said frantically. "Oh My God! It's Sadie!" Jude exclaimed. She dropped the phone, causing it to break into pieces. She was in shock. Her own sister! Why would she do that to her? She needed to clear her head. Just like Hope had done, she ran. Ran off into the darkness. Jude wasn't sure where she was going. Or even if she was going anywhere. She just ran. And she had no idea if she was comming back.
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Hope was in the car with Sadie, just talking. Hope was scared. She was scared that if she didn't do what Auntie Sadie wanted, she would hurt her. Or worse, her mom and dad. So Hope just did what she could, keep calm and just act normal even though she knew this wasn't normal. Sadie, on the other hand, was also nervous. But not about what was happening, about what Jude would say when she realized it was her. Sadie quickly realized that it was going to have to be fast, becuase she was someone running down the road. Comming up slowly beind the person, Sadie gasped, and so did Hope when she realzied who it was. Not knowing what to do, Sadie sped up. She was right behind Jude, and was about to accelerate even faster, when she heard sirens. Jude slowly stopped and turned around when she heard the sirens. As she did, she saw two bright lights, followed by the blinking lights of the police, and after that, followed by two more bright lights. Jude saw the car right in front of her. She saw it was Sadie, and she also saw Sadie scream. The last thing Jude saw? Sadie's two lights come right at her, and the bottom of Sadie's car as it ran her over.
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Tommy had been still been chasing Sadie. He suddenly noticed that Sadie had sped up. As Tommy was speeding up, he saw a sight he couldn't believe. Sadie had just run over Jude, and now she was just driving on as if nothing had happened! He saw one of the police cars swerve around Jude and another one pull up beside her. Tommy decided to let the polic take care of Sadie while he checked on Jude. As he parked his car and got out, he saw Jude. Her legs were twisted in a weird angle, and her legs were covered in blood. Tommy had to shut his eyes tightly to keep from crying, but it didn't help. Little teardrops came out of the corners of his eyes, and he wiped them away as quickly as he could. He turned away from Jude, the ambulance that had just drove off with her in it, Sadie with Hope in the car, and the two police cars that were following her. He just turned away from all of the drama that was forming in his life since that morning. He couldn't believe all this had happened in less than a day! He was about to get into his car and drive off, when someone stopped him. More like, a police officer stopped him. A very familiar officer. "Tommy? Tommy Quincy? Is that you? I haven't seen you in, what, 10, 12 years?" The officer said as Tommy turned around. "Oh my god, it's you," Tommy said simply.
"Yeah, it's me. I been thinking of calling you lately, just to see how Jude's doing," The officer said. "Well, maybe if you hadn't left Jude when she was 16, then maybe you would know," Tommy muttered under his breath. "What was that?" They questioned. "Nothing, nothing," Tommy said. The officer just shook his head, "Well Tommy, what's been going on with Jude?" He said. "I don't know, you tell me. I was just about to follow the ambulance to see what was wrong, but then you stopped me," Tommy said. Suddenly, the officer's face hardened. "That was Jude?" He asked wearily. "Yeah it was. And the person who ran her over? Sadie. They little girl in the car with Sadie? Hope. Mine and Jude's 8 year old daughter. Now? Hope is in a car with Sadie, who had kidnapped her, and Jude is in the hospital holding on for life, and it was all because of me!" Tommy said hysterically. The officer's eyes began to fill with tears. "It wasn't your fault. It wasn't anyone's fault. It's only Sadie's fault because she ran Jude over, she was the one who sped up when she saw Jude. It's not your fault!" The officer said before Tommy burst into tears (A/N: Can you picture that? Awe...so sweet!) and grabbed the officer. The officer started crying too. After about a couple of minutes, they had stopped crying as much as they could. The officer turned to Tommy, "Come on, let's go to the hospital. We need to check on Jude," The officer said. "Yeah, lets go," Tommy said before turning to the officer, who was running to his own car, "Thanks Mr. Harrison, for everything," Tommy said before getting into his own car. Mr. Harrison turned to face Tommy, "You're welcome." They both started their cars and drove off to go see Jude.
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Hope couldn't stop screaming or crying. She couldn't believe Sadie had done that. Hope knew that Sadie had seen Jude, she knew that Sadie had sped up when she saw Jude, she also knew that when Sadie had hit Jude, Sadie didn't stop. She had kept going. She knew she hit Jude, and she didn't stop. Hope felt like just jumping out of the car and running to see her mom, but she knew she couldn't. If she did, she would die..or Sadie would hurt her. She couldn't even begin to think about why her aunt would do that to her own sister! How could she! Hope turned to Sadie and asked, "Auntie Sadie? Why'd you do that?" Hope asked in between sobs. Sadie just turned to Hope. Her eye's were red and teary. "I just don't know sweetie," Sadie said truthfully. Hope just started crying, and the sight of Hope made Sadie cry. She couldn't do it anymore. She pulled over to the car, and got out. The police grabbed Sadie and handcuffed her. They stuck her into the police car, and Sadie couldn't stop crying.
Hope just watched as they took Sadie away in the car. Hope cried so hard. Her aunt was probably going to jail, her mom was in the hospital, and all because she had run away. She had to get away, so she ran. Just like always, she ran. But before she could get too far, the police officer caught her. The officer stuck Hope in her police car and drove her to the hospital where Hope met with Tommy. They both started crying. Hope looked around and saw someone she didn't recognize. "Daddy? Who's that man looking at us?" Hope asked. "Well, Hope, that's your grandfather," Tommy said. Hope just looked at him. Then she did something totally unexpected. She walked right up to her grandfather and looked him square in the eye. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Hope said before running off.
Hope ran off into the hospital. She didn't stop till she got to where she wanted to go. Standing in front of a huge window, she saw her mom. Her whole body was mangeled up in bandages. She had a little blood seeping through her bandages. Hope couldn't stand to see her mom like this. Her eyes started to fill up with tears again. Suddenly, she saw someone behind her. "I can't afford to lose her," Hope said to the person while still facing the window. "I know, neither can I," Tommy said turning her around. He wrapped her in a huge hug. As he was hugging her, he caught a glimpse of Jude in the window. It hurt him so much to see her like that. "I can't afford to lose her too," Tommy repeated holding Hope tighter.