Life And Death
Chapter 4
By the time she arrived at the school Chris was ready and waiting for her at the front doors, and she was no closer to finding a safe haven for him.
"Mom why do we keep moving around every time you wind up in some kind of accident?" Chris asked her as he climbed into the new car she had gotten on her way over.
"Chris I told you that one day I would explain, but not now okay? I really need to think about where I can take you that you will be safe while I finish this once and for all." She said calmly.
"What do you mean 'where you can take me'?" he asked nervously. "I don't want to be with anyone but you. I feel safe with you. How can you even think to just drop me off on some strangers doorstep?" he said angrily.
Suddenly she thought of someone she had been trying not to think about. But the thought kept coming back, until she finally realized that he was the only person that she trusted enough to keep her son safe from harm. Their son she corrected herself silently.
"I have just thought of where I can take you that you will be safe. But know this you must approach on your own, or he will be put in danger. The same danger that I am trying so hard to protect you form." She said calmly.
"Who and why do I have to go to him alone?" he asked cautiously.
"His name is Tommy Oliver…" she began.
"Are you talking about my father? Because if you are, then I want nothing to do with a man who get a woman pregnant and then leave her on her own at the first sign of trouble!" he said vehemently.
"Your dad never knew that I was pregnant, because I never told. The reason that I never told him is because I was trying to protect him and my other friends from dangers that they did not know about." She stated.
"I will write a letter that you are to give to him that will say all that I dare to tell him. You must not under any circumstances tell him about my nightmares. Do you understand me Chris?" she said sternly.
It took several day to reach Reefside. During which Chris constantly tried to talk her out of leaving him with a father that he had never known.
After reaching town it took only a matter of hour to find out where Tommy lived and worked.
The day after their arrival she handed Chris an envelope and told him that it contained a letter that only Tommy was to read. She also told him that she would drop him off in front of the high school where Tommy worked, and he was to go in to the office and ask what room he was in. Then wait until the end of class and approach him and give him the letter.
She waited in a little café just across the street and when school ended was relieved to see Tommy and Chris get into Tommy's jeep and drive off. She couldn't help but think of how good he looked in the black clothes that he was wearing now.