Chapter Five
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Tepicore
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"I wanna go home, I want my mommy."
"I'm sorry but that's not possible Trinity."
"Who are you, how do you know my name? I don't wanna be here it's too dark…"
"You can call me Tyrell, Listen now kid, no more questions, is that clear?"
Trinity nodded slowly. "When can I se mommy?" she whined.
"If you don't SHUT UP; you'll never see your mommy again," Tyrell yelled annoyed. "No one else from the Centre for that matter," he muttered most to himself. But Trinity heard him.
"The Centre!" she smiled as she recognized the name.
"The Centre is evil people; your family is evil people. They're gonna hurt you, that's why you're here. Don't worry kid, you're safe here. Welcome to Tepicore."
Trinity looked up at the man, with sad eyes.
"I don't believe you, my mommy is not evil!" she screamed, starting to cry.
Tyrell glared at her. Then he left the small dark room and carefully locked the door.
Trinity curled up in a tight ball on the floor, sobbing.
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Miss Parker was crying too, but her tears just rolled down her cheeks silently as she was sitting by her window, looking out at the dark night. She missed her little girl so much, and couldn't help but think of what could have happened to her. What if she'd never see her again? Miss Parker snivelled quietly, if something happened to Trinity she would never forgive herself. Never! All of this was her fault, if she'd only been more careful… if she'd only…
Her thoughts were interrupted by her phone.
"Lyle?" she asked hopefully. He'd promised he'd call her if he'd found anything of interest.
"Parker it's me, Jarod."
"What do you want?" Miss Parker sobbed out. She'd never felt so disappointed in her whole life. And for the first time in her life, she was really longing to hear her brother voice on the line… not Jarod's as she always did normally.
"I heard what happened to your little girl… I'm so sorry…" Jarod said, and Miss Parker couldn't help but hear the kindness and sympathy in his voice.
For a moment she wondered how he knew, but then she realized he knew everything. She didn't even have to ask, nothing he said could surprise her anymore…
"Do you have any idea of who could have taken her?" Jarod asked.
Miss Parker was quiet a while, trying to pull herself together.
"Something named Tepicore…" she nearly whispered.
"Tepicore?" Jarod repeated dumbly. And Miss Parker nodded even though she knew he couldn't see her. She wondered if he was thinking of the Centre anyway. Was she thinking of the Centre? No, she didn't know how, but the Centre wasn't behind this… then she remembered the doubts she had earlier and wasn't sure of anything anymore.
"I'll try to find anything with that name… you'll get her back," Jarod said softly.
Miss Parker was just about to speak when he continued.
"Do you want me to come over?" he asked and Miss Parker almost choked on her drink. Come over? Why on earth did he think she would want that? That was not even a conceivable idea. She was supposed to catch him and bring him back to the Centre, or at least that's what she was supposed to do before she only appeared at work once or twice now and than. As it was now, she didn't even know what she was doing there. Was she supposed to do her job still? Or what was she supposed to do?
No she couldn't even admit to herself that she would want his company, that was beyond all rules she'd ever made. That wouldn't be fair to Tommy and Trinity. She could never allow herself to love a man again…
"I know what we are, that the Centre won't allow it…" Jarod started. "But I just want you to know that I'm still your friend."
Miss Parker closed her eyes to keep the tears from falling. Friends, that was a totally different thing. She could really need a friend right now. But was it really friendship with Jarod she was longing for?
Miss Parker forced herself to believe it was. It had been almost four years since Tommy died, but she just couldn't betray him like that… she had said she would love him forever…
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TBC
