Ch. 18
Another tape?
It had been a week since Babe had been home from the hospital. Everything was returning to normal, except for Paul Cramer.
Last night Little A had slept with JR and Babe, right in the middle of them. Babe and JR stayed up, just watching their son. Finally, they had fallen asleep. Little A woke up earlier the next morning, waking Babe up with him. Instead of being annoyed that she only got about 4 hours of sleep, she was happy she got to spend extra time with him.
Babe took Little A downstairs so he wouldn't wake up JR. After she had make breakfast she took him into the living room and they watching some of his favorite TV shows. After a while Winifred came down and took Little A to the park.
JR had woken up by then and he and Babe lounged on the couch, just watching TV. After about an hour, Babe got up and walked out to the front door to see if the paper had arrived yet. She saw the paper after she opened the door, so she grabbed it and went inside. She turned around and looked at the hall table, and her breath caught in her throat.
Sitting on the glass table was a package wrapped in brown paper. After staring at it, Babe reached for the package. She brought it to the living room. Babe ripped it open; needing to know what was inside.
"What's that?" JR glancing at her and then looking back to the TV.
It was a DVD case, just like the last time. She opened up the case and inside laid a blank DVD, only this time it had the word "Babe" on it.
Well, I guess it's for me, Babe said to herself.
"JR... JR look!" Babe said.
Babe sat down in front of the TV in the living room and turned on the DVD player. Babe inserted the DVD and JR stood up behind her.
"Babe... is that what I think it is?" JR asked but stopped as soon as he saw Paul Cramer come onto the TV screen.
Babe stood up and backed up next to JR. She grabbed his hand for comfort. Paul was sitting in a dark room, just talking to the camera. He must have had a light on his face because it was the only thing visible on the screen
"Hello Babe. It's been a little while since our meeting at the hospital. I visited you a couple times when you were sleeping in your hospital bed, but none of the times I was there did you wake up. You're a very strong sleeper Babe, you always have been. I even visited you last night, in your room. Or is that JR's room? I don't know that house is so big. But I guess every room is Chandler's room. Anyways, you looked so peaceful last night, sleeping with JR and your son. Neither of you woke as I watched you, but your sweet little boy did. He is very obedient, though. He stayed quiet like I told him too. Just like the first time. After a while he got tired of watching me walk around your room, and went back to sleep. Anyway, do you ever just watch her while she sleeps, JR? I recommend you try it at least once. She is just so darn pretty."
JR clenched his teeth and then asked, "What is he doing? Does he even have a point?"
Babe shook her head, "I don't know."
"Listen to me, I've talked too much. I just wanted to let you know I'm still here, watching you Babe. I still haven't accomplished my goal yet. What is my goal, you ask? You'll see very soon."
Paul then got up from his chair and walked into the darkness. Then after a second, he turned a light on and the whole room lit up. Babe and JR gasped.
"I'm too close for comfort, huh?" Paul laughed eccentrically and shut the camera off.
"He was in our room!" Babe cried.
JR turned and took off up the stairs, with Babe in close pursuit. JR pushed open the door and looked around. In the middle of the room there was a chair and in front of it on a table was a video camera. JR walked into the room, looking around for anything else.
Babe had walked over to their bed and then had covered her mouth with her hand. Babe then uncovered her mouth, "JR," she called.
JR turned and saw the expression on her face, and knew it wasn't good. He walked over to the bed and looked.
On it were pictures. One was of Babe holding Little A, and JR standing next to them, laughing. The next one was of Babe in the hospital, and JR was talking to her and holding her hand. The last one was of Babe, JR and little Adam from the night before, sleeping in the same bed. In all of the pictures though, JR's face had been cut out and replaced with Paul's.