Chapter Two; Missing In Action
Stacey glanced back down at the house that she had come to know and love as her home while she rose higher and higher into the sky on her broomstick. Meanwhile Jeannie was busy taking her puppy dog Spot for a walk in the park. That's when suddenly she ran into Mrs. Bellows and Cassie. Mrs. Bellows unclipped her leash from her collar before watching her puppy run away to visit the other dogs.
"Hello Mrs. Bellows." Jeannie said before she squatted down and removed Spot's leash from his own collar. Spot let out a playful and an energetic bark before he raced after her.
"Oh hello Jeannie." Mrs. Bellows said before she picked up Cassie's favorite rubber pink ball off the ground and threw it for Cassie to chase.
"Is Stacey here with you today?" Jeannie asked her.
"No I haven't. In fact I haven't seen her all week I sure hope that she's alright." Mrs. Bellows said.
"She did have a pretty stressful time at the Halloween party. Maybe I'll give her a call and make sure that she is." Jeannie said before she folded one arm over the other and bobbed her head and tried to blink herself away.
"Uh Jeannie, what exactly are you doing?" Mrs. Bellows questioned her with uncertainty while staring at her with bewilderment.
"Oops." Jeannie began before giving a gasp of astonishment and covering her mouth with her hand. "I forgot. Please keep an eye on Spot for me, I'm going to go back home and try to get ahold of Stacey." She said before she turned around and walked away.
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Jeannie waited for about five minutes for Stacey to pick up the telephone before she heaved a deep and heavy sigh of dismay and hung up. "Maybe I'll try calling Anthony instead. Hopefully he'll know where Stacey is." She said picking up the telephone again and dialing Tony's number. However, Roger was the one who wound up answering it.
"Hello?" he questioned.
"Oh, hello Roger Healey." She said heaving another sad sigh.
"What's the matter? You don't sound like yourself." He told her.
"Well, do you remember Stacey?" she asked him as a sly and playful grin suddenly stretched a crossed his face.
"Who could forget her?" he asked her back.
"Well I found out at the Halloween party at NASA that she's a witch." She explained.
"Oh yeah, Tony told me about that before he went to the store." He replied.
"The problem is that I think that it really embarrassed her when nearly everyone else at the base found out and she's been missing for a week. She didn't even answer the telephone. I'm really worried about her Roger Healey.
"Well relax, maybe she just went back to England to visit her parents." He told her as Jeannie just simply shrugged.
"Maybe you're right Roger Healey. Stacey is a full grown witch after all so I'm sure that she'll be able to take care of herself. After Peter and Sarah come back home from school I'll go ahead and see if they want to go see Spike. He's getting pretty big." She told him.
"Alright sweetheart, you go ahead and do that and I'll talk to you later alright?" he questioned her before she gave a nod.
"Alright Roger Healey, and can you please tell Anthony that I called?" she asked him as he nodded back.
"Alright I will. Listen, I'll talk to you later Jeannie. You take care of yourself alright?" he inquired before she nodded again.
"Alright, I will Roger Healey goodbye." She told him before they both hung up the phone.
