Chapter 18: Mike's Gone Part 2
The next morning Vinny leaves Lake Winnetka and heads back to New York with Mike still in his back-seat.
"Jake, go wake up Mike please?" Kate asked him.
"No problem Mom." Jake said as he went to the North room.
He looks at Mike's bed and doesn't see anyone.
"Did anyone see Mike this morning?" Jake asked.
Everyone shakes their heads.
"Well, he's not in the cabin." Jake told them.
"What?" Tom and Kate asked at the same time.
They go into the North room and see that his stuff is missing.
"Maybe he's at The Boulders." Tom said.
Mike isn't at The Boulders.
"I'll call Vinny." Lorraine said.
"Why are you going to call him?" Sarah asked.
"So, he can help us look for Mike." Lorraine replied.
Lorraine calls his cell phone and noone picks up.
"Vinny, pick up your damn cell phone!" Lorraine snapped.
Nora, Bud, Little Tom, Charlie, Ann and the Murtaugh's help the Bakers look for Mike. Mike is nowhere in sight. They looked all over the lake and can't find him.
Vinny is five hours from Lake Winnetka. Mike gets Vinny's stuff off of him.
"Can we stop to get something to eat?" Mike asked.
"Sure." Vinny replied.
Vinny now hits his breaks and stops short.
"What the fuck are you doing back there?" Vinny asked him.
"I ran away and your doors were opened." Mike explained.
"I really don't need this right now." Vinny sighed.
"You're lucky that nonone hit us when you stopped short." Mike said.
"Hit by who? Noone is out here. Wait, there's a cow maybe that cow will hit us." Vinny told him.
"You don't have to sarcastic." Mike told him.
"Mike, what in the world made you run away?" Vinny calmly asked.
"Sarah." Mike replied.
"That explains it." Vinny said.
"It was also because of you." Mike then explained.
"What did I do to make you run away?" Vinny then asked.
"The way you and Sarah are. It makes me sick." Mike replied.
Vinny pulls into a diner.They walk into the diner.
"I'm taking you back to the lake." Vinny said as him and Mike sat at a table.
"I'm sorry." Mike apologized.
"For what?" Vinny then asked.
"You missing your meeting tonight." Mike said.
"Forget about it." Vinny shrugged.
"There's that Italian in you again." Mike smiled.
"What's your point?" Vinny asked.
"I'm just saying." Mike answered.
Vinny shakes his head and smiles. Mike eats his waffles. Vinny doesn't order anything to eat just a Pepsi.
"How can you drink soda so early?" Mike asked.
"Did I ask you why you ordered blueberry waffles?" Vinny then asked.
"No." Mike replied.
"So, don't ask me why I ordered a Pepsi so early in the morning." Vinny explained.
They walk out of the diner. Vinny's Z starts to stall and Vinny pulls over. His Z's engine starts to turn over.
"What's wrong?" Mike asked as the engine turned over.
"Come on Baby." Vinny said as the engine turned over again.
Vinny hits the steering wheel.
"What's wrong?" Mike asked again.
"The batteries dead." Vinny replied.
"Are we stuck here?" Mike asked him.
"Apparently." Vinny replied.
Vinny calls Charlie's cell phone.
"Mike?" Charlie answered his phone.
"No, it's Vinny." Vinny told him.
"Vinny, I can't talk now. We're waiting for Mike to call." Charlie told him as hung up his cell phone.
"Wait, that's why I called. Hello?" Vinny said.
Vinny redials Charlie's cell phone.
"Mike?" Charlie asked again.
"Me again." Vinny told him.
Charlie sighs and hangs up his cell phone.
"Let me try." Mike said as he redialed Charlie's cell phone number.
"Stop calling." Charlie said in an annoyed voice.
"It's me Mike." Mike replied.
"Where are you?" Charlie asked.
"With Vinny a few miles away from a diner." Mike answered.
"Are you guys on your way back here?" Charlie then asked.
"We were until Vinny's car battery died." Mike explained.
"What was the name of the diner?" Charlie asked.
"I don't know." Mike replied.
Vinny takes the cell phone from Mike.
"We're in the middle of nowhere. There can't be that many diners out here." Vinny told him.
"How far are you guys away from the lake?" Charlie then asked.
"Five hours." Vinny said.
"Stay there and I'll come get you guys." Charlie told him.
"Don't worry. We're not going anywhere." Vinny said as he hung up his cell phone.
Vinny sees a cow looking at him.
"What are you looking at, you freaking cheeseburger?" Vinny asked the cow.
The cow moos and walks away.