Chapter 6 Home Again!

Day 2 of captivity-

Charlotte woke up in the huge master bedroom of her old house. The house she shared with Matthew while they were married . It was quite a gentleman of him to let her have the master bedroom while he slept in a guestroom down the hall. The sun came streaming in through the big window and Charlotte got up to look outside the window at the beautiful gardens. Someone knocked at the door. Charlotte answered to find Matthew standing there already dressed. He looked very handsome in his business suit she thought.

"Good morning Sunshine. How did you sleep?" Matthew handed her a cup of coffee.

"I slept like a baby." Charlotte answered and smiled taking the coffee from him.

"I've got good news! You're free to go. We gave the kid the antibiotics and you showed Jesse how to clean out the wound. I 'll give you a ride back to L.A. as soon as you get dressed."

"What if I don't want to go?" Charlotte asked casually

Matthew was surprised. "Well you have to. The police are looking for you. You can't just hide out here from your problems."

Now he was starting to sound like Cooper Charlotte thought. "Well your FBI. Can't you pull some strings and say that I've been found without me having to go back.?"

"What about Cooper and your friends and your work?" Matthew asked

"Cooper doesn't want me around anymore I don't have any real friends in L.A. but I will miss my work. I could say I need some time away because of the kidnap trauma until I figure things out."

"Alright I'll make a few calls and see what I could say about your disappearance." Matthew left while Charlotte sipped her coffee and enjoyed the view through the window.

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Matthew came back a short while later. He noticed Charlotte was wearing an old sundress that she used to wear when they were married. She looked beautiful.

"I found it in the closet. I see you didn't get rid of all the stuff I left behind." Charlotte smiled.

"I saved my favorites." Matthew returned the smile. "We have a small problem though. I talked to a friend from the bureau. We are going to say that the kidnappers let you go outside a convenience store. You just have to say they didn't hurt you. We'll say they asked me for money and I delivered it to them. You'll say that you didn't recognize them and we are not going to pursue pressing charges. We'll say it wasn't a large some of money."

"Will they believe it?" Charlotte didn't think so because of Matthew's family history.

"Maybe or maybe not but as long as they see you are okay they'll most likely drop it. They wont want to spend the money, time or resources looking for some stupid kids if we're not willing to press charges anyway."

"So what's the problem then?" Charlotte asked.

"One of your brothers tipped the cops off about my family. The cops are coming out here today to question me. We have to get Jesse's sick friend out of the house and you shouldn't be here either. I suppose."

"Okay. I'll go with Jesse and the sick kid. Where should we go?"

"Just up the street to my uncle's summer home. That'll work but Charlotte your going to have to talk to the police at some point. We have to let them know your not missing."

"Okay. Tomorrow. You could drop me off at some convenience store tomorrow and we'll follow the plan. I just want to relax today and think about things. I don't feel like answering questions.

"Fine. We'll do it tomorrow. But you guys better get going now. I don't know when the cops are showing up. Jesse knows where my uncle's house is."

Charlotte walked up to Matthew and whispered goodbye in his ear. She made sure he felt her hot breath linger on his ear and neck before she left. Matthew just looked at her. "Maybe I'll come by and see you later after I talk to the cops."

"I'd like that." Charlotte gave him a naughty smile.