Part 6: Conclusion

"The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved." – Victor Hugo

Prentiss and Morgan almost didn't wait for the car to come to a complete stop as they pulled up to Bowden's house. A minute ago, they had still been unsure if Bowden was the man who had kidnapped Spencer, but then they got a tip about a call from 911. One of Bowden's neighbors had said they heard a loud crash, and screaming.

As they got close to the house, they couldn't hear the screaming. Morgan went around one side and Prentiss the other as they began to look through the windows.
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Spencer had actually succeeded in getting his wrist loose, when the chair had fallen backwards. The floor underneath the chair had apparently been rotting, and had given way right when the chair fell back, causing Spencer to land hard on his back on the lower floor. Thankfully nothing had been broken, except the legs of the chair which had also crumbled.

Since then, Spencer had been screaming trying to get help, since he wasn't sure if the whole house wasn't going to collapse around him.

He had stopped for a few minutes because his throat was raw. He heard sounds outside, and used all his energy to scream for help.

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The crack of the door being broken open seemed louder than usual to Emily as Morgan rammed it with all his power.

They ran through quickly, going over to the figure lying bound in the middle of the front room floor.
Spencer had apparently been held in an upstairs bedroom, until the floor had crashed.

"Are you okay, sweetheart?" Emily asked, as she untied the tie wrapped around Spencer's eyes.

Spencer nodded. "I think so." He whispered unable to speak louder from the screaming.

Morgan ruffled Spencer's hair a bit. "Hey Youngster, we missed you." He pulled the chair forward and upward so they could cut away the ropes easier.

"I missed you, too."

Emily took two pocketknives from her vest pocket, handing one to Morgan and they began to carefully cut the ropes. In a few minutes they had Spencer untied and he was being loaded into the ambulance that had just arrived.

- Fin (for now)