Carter couldn't believe how good she looked. Sure she was a bit thinner than when he last saw her but her face was much lighter and her golden hair made her look angelic. Kirsten too thought Carter looked better than when she had last seen him. He was clean shaven so he is cute boyish face could be seen and his hair had been cut but not too short. Remembering suddenly why she was at the cash machine she turned back to look at the screen hoping Charlotte hadn't noticed her speak. Facing the screen she spoke firmly but softly to Carter.
"I need you to listen to me and just do what I say I'll explain it alllater. Call the Newport Group and warn them that there is a man probably around the car park, maybe outside the spaces by Sandy's office and he wants to harm Sandy. Then call the police tell them to get here now becausethe woman behind us in the black dressis trying to blackmail me into giving her money." With that Kirsten took her card and waited for her receipt. She gave Carter a quick glance, he was already talking to security at the Newport Group ashe had got his phone out and dialled while she was still speaking.
She went over to Charlotte. She hadn't followed her instructions correctly hoping that this would stall her long enough for police to arrive. Charlotte wasn't impressed when she listened to what Kirsten had to say but she did let her go back and join the queue for another cash machine. Carter was now walking towards his car keeping a close eye on Kirsten and the woman she had mentioned. The police were on the way but they were going to inform security at the mall so hopefully they would be here any minute. He didn't want to leave Kirsten alone but at the same time he didn't want to put her or Sandy at risk.
At the Newport Group the security officers had been very grateful for the information they had received. An officer went straight to Sandy's office to make sure he was still okay and to stay there until they made sure that he was no longer in danger. The officers really liked Mr. Cohen, as did all of the other members of staff. He was much nicer than Mr. Nichol and there was just something about him that made it hard not to like the guy even if he was your boss. The other two officers went off to the car park keeping together because they didn't know how dangerous this guy was.
By the time Kirsten had got to the front of the queue mall security had arrived along with Seth. "Mom! What is taking so long!" he had such unbelievable sense oftiming. Charlotte saw security and began to run. Kirsten screamed to them that that was the woman they wanted. Luckily for the not so fast security guards Carter was already halting Charlotte from going any further. She gave Kirsten a death stare that evenRyan would have been proud of and walked away with the guards. She wondered if they had her boyfriend too.
Seth turned to his mom. He looked in shock and began to talk a mile a minute. "What was going on here? Was Charlotte trying to mug you? Did you call security yourself? Why didn't you call me? Isn't that Carter or something like that, the guy you worked with on the magazine?" Kirsten gave Seth a look which told him to stop speaking. "We'll talk about this in a minute. I think we're going to have to go home so just go get in the car. I'm just going to thank Carter. I promise you I'll explain it all once we are both in the car." Kirsten could see the frustration in her son's eyes but she couldn't speak to Carter while he was there she just wouldn't feel comfortable enough.
She walked over to Carter not really knowing how she felt. The last hour had just been like a whirlwind. "Thanks. You really saved us then." She couldn't believe how pathetic she thought she sounded but she didn't know what to say. Her trip to the mall hadn't meant to turn out like this. Of allthe people she could have run into at the mall Charlotte and Carter were at the bottom of the probability list. I mean Taryn or Julie yes but not them
"I was going to come and see you. Since Sandy is working at the office it's a good job I didn't go straight there like I wanted to. I know you can't be thinking straight right now but I really want to talk to you. Would you meet me tomorrow?" He hoped to God she would say yes. I mean why wouldn't she, she didn't know that he wanted to tell her over and over again how much he loved her and wanted to be with her. He was really hoping that her and Sandy's marriage was over but since he knew that not to be the case he could still hope that it was really rocky.
"I guess that would be okay do you want to come round to the house around 11? I work from home now and not for the Newport Group either." Carter was surprised at this but agreed to go round to the Cohen's in the morning, He knew that by 11 the house would be empty apart from for Kirsten. They parted as the police began asking both of them questions.
By the time Kirsten and Seth arrived back home she was sick of answering questions. Although Seth had asked a lot more than the police had! He hadn't known anything about what had happened with Carter so Kirsten felt lucky about that at least. When they got in Seth headed straight to the pool house in the hope that Ryan was there and they could talk about his afternoon over some play station. Kirsten went straight to find Sandy she wanted to make sure he was okay even though they had spoken on the phone after he had found out what had gone on. Kirsten had left out the Carter part but as she headed to their bedroom she decided the best thing she could do for their marriage was be completely honest with him.
"Aww honey I'm so glad to see you!" Sandy said as he saw her come through the door. He went straight over to her and swept her up in a big hug. He was so glad she was alright. Charlotte was lucky he hadn't run into her or she would be headed to hospital before prison. He kissed her forehead before bending down and covering her lips with his. "I love you." She felt so glad to hear him say this. "I love you too. I was worried her partner was going to get to you before the police could"
"Honey you did such a good job of saving me you should join the police" Sandy replied joking. He sat her down on the edge of the bed still holding her tight. "It wasn't just me that got us out of this mess." Kirsten looked up at him he looked surprised but was waiting for her to continue. "Carter helped me too." She wasn't looking at him when she said this but the continued silence made her look. She thought she could see fear in his eyes.