Chapter 22
As the rain poured down on the windows creating crystal like raindrops to appear, inside the office the climate was quite different. At the motor home rental company, the same lady that had given the motor home to Jack and Kate was looking through a thick and old book. She scrolled down the page with her finger, sure that there was something wrong. She sighed heavily when she looked at customers #16.
Just as she expected, the motor home was two days late. She looked at the details: Monica. Just Monica. No surname or anything, just Monica. Looking at the address she realised that it actually looked realistic. 23 Woodgreen Crescent. The telephone number was surely not a local one, however. 15 digits. No telephone number around here is 15 digits long.
Picking up the phone, she dialed the number that she knew all too well. Why did she know that there was something wrong?
'Hello?' a voice answered.
'I would like to report a stolen vehicle.' she said calmly and continued as the police took down the details.
For what felt like the millionth time that day, Kate woke up to the sound of swearing.
'Jack? What's wrong?' she asked, cleaning the sleepdust off her eyes.
'I don't remember the address...' he trailed off, hitting his head against the driver's wheel as he struggled.
'What address?' she asked curiously, now sitting up.
'Oh... doesn't matter. It's not that important anyway.' he mumbled almost too softly.
'Oh.' she frowned. Getting out of her luxury bed, she went over to the front seat where Jack was, realising that they were in an open field.
'Erm, Jack?' she asked but got only a groan out of him.
'Why are we in the middle of a field?'
'We are near Texas.' was the only sentence she got. Sighing, she opened the fridge door ready to take out something to eat. She didn't know what it was, but Jack hadn't been himself for the past week or so. He was not talking, only concentrating on driving onwards to Texas. In fact the only thing he talked about was asking her if she'd ever been to Texas, whether she would want to go to Texas, or if she knew the way to Texas. What was so important about that state anyway? Did he have good memories there?... Bad memories there?
Shrugging the thought off, she took a bite out of her biscuit.
'Madam, the address does not belong to anyone called Monica. It belongs to a forty-year-old man. Are you sure you've got the right details?' he asked suspiciously.
'Look, I know what I'm seeing written on this sheet of paper, alright? And that is the name Monica and 49 Woodgreen Crescent afterwards. A 15 digit telephone number follows it and I think it's quite obvious that this woman is a ciminal.' she screamed at the person on the other end, getting annoyed that they didn't believe her.
'Okay, ma'm. I believe you. We've got the license plate of the vehicle and the description of it. How many days late is it?'
'Two days late.'
'And do you by any chance remember what this... Monica looks like?'
'Err...' she said as she tried to remember, 'She was wearing sunglasses and a hat so I didn't look at her too closely but I remember that she had fair skin and was around 170 cm. And she had a long black coat. There was also a man with her who was waiting outside. I remember that he shouted out 'Kate' to her.'
'Kate? Are you sure, ma'm? If she is who I think she is then you have just helped us catch one of the most wanted criminals in the country. Do you remember what the man looked like?' he asked, eagerly.
'No, I didn't see him that well because he was in the car but I remember he had dark hair and muscled arms.' she said.
'Okay, madam. You have helped us a lot and we will be on the case straight away.' he said getting excited.
'Thanks.' she said and put the phone down, getting back to her work.
'Stanely, I think we've got them.' he said as the whole police station stared at him, all knowing who they were talking about.
So... Kate and Jack are nearly at Texas but Jack has forgotten the name of the address to... the person they are going to visit. (you are not getting the answer out of me that easily:P) But at the same time, the lady at the rental company has called in to report a stolen vehicle. And now guess what? The police are going to track them down yet again. And this time Jack and Kate know nothing about it... Thanks for R&Ring everyone:D