The Bomb Scare – Part 2

The Bomb Scare – Part 2

Chapter 8

"Nick let's get her back into the SUV, we need to get her to the hospital." "How far is the hospital?" Nick asked Christine."It's fifteen minutes away." "I'll drive" Nick says, "you just help your daughter. Aiden, I'm Nick, Ms. Ashley's bodyguard you know Ms. Spencer's cell phone number…" "Yeah…" "Call it every five minutes until someone answers than call Ms. Ashley's phone. We need to know whether Ms. Spencer is okay. You understand me, Aiden?"

"Yes… every five minutes."

"Ow!" Ow!" "Oh God! It hurts," Ashley cried.

"Come on Nick let's go now!!" Christine yelled.

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Just as Arthur and Heather were walking out the door Spencer and Susan pull up in the limo.

"Spencer! Thank God you're alright," Arthur said, relief spreading over his entire body while hugging and kissing Spencer.

"I'm alright dad, how did you find out?"

"Find out? It's all over the TV."

"Oh no! Ashley! I need to call her right away, shit my battery is too low, it won't last on a long conversation, which I know I'm going to have with Ashley berating me for not answering my cell. Susan hand me your phone. Ashley's probably in Reno by now. I hope she hasn't… Susan isn't this Nick's phone number?" Spencer asked, looking at the number of times it appears on Susan's phone.

"Yes it is Ms. Spencer, but why would he be calling my cell?"

"Dear God… why didn't we hear it ring?" Spencer questioned.

"Ms. Spencer I keep my phone on silent ring at all times as not to disturb the person I'm protecting. With all the commotion going on the phone fell off me, my only thought was to get you to safety. When I noticed it lying on the limo seat I just dropped it in my purse. My job is to protect you, not watch my phone and Nick knows that."

"I understand Susan. I'm not blaming you, if anything it's my fault, I neglected to charge my phone last night. Ashley gets on me about that all the time. I'll call Nick back on his phone," Spencer said.

Ring! Ring!

"Hello… Susan."

"Hello Nick, No it's Spencer."

"Ahh! Ahh! Ow!" "Mom!" Ashley screams in the background.

"Thank God you're okay," Nick says relieved.

"Is that Ashley!? What's wrong, why is she yelling like she's in pain."

"She heard about the explosion…" "Oh God."

"Then she bent over in pain clutching her stomach."

"Shit," Spencer said.

"Where are you Nick?"

"We're on our way to the hospital I can see it, we're almost there." "Who else is with you?"

"Her mother, Christine."

"Good! Let me talk to Ashley," Spencer said.

"Come on let's get in the limo while she talks to Ashley, I think we'll be making a trip to the airport" Arthur suggested.

"Ashley sweetie, it's me Spencer."

"Spencer!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Thank God!… I … was afraid."

"I know sweetie… Please calm down… breath for me, breath. I'm okay… I'm right here."

"Spencer!… I love you," Ashley said between sobs and pain.

"I love you too baby… you need to do something for me."

"What? Ow! It hurts so bad. Spencer our baby. Please don't let anything be wrong with our baby."

"Everything's going to be fine Ashley just please calm down. Listen to me Ashley."

"We're here," Nick says.

"Okay," Christine said, "go get a wheelchair or somebody. She can't walk, she's in too much pain.

Spencer is still trying to calm Ashley down. "Ashley rub your stomach and talk to our little munchkin. Tell her mommy's okay… Ashley are you doing it?"

"Yes…"

"Breath Ashley in, out, in, out… Ashley I'm right there with you, you feel me Ashley… can you feel me holding you?"

"Yes, Spencer you're rubbing my back and my stomach," Ashley responded in an almost trancelike state.

"I feel you Ashley. I feel your heart beating. You're doing great sweetie, keep talking to our little munchkin, I'll be there soon. I love you both. I'm getting on the next plane out, I'm on my way to the airport as we speak."

"Okay Spencer, Hurry!" Ashley said, as the pain starts to subside.

"We'll take her now" the nurse said.

"Hello Spencer, it's Christine."

"Yes, Christine."

"Thank you Spencer she was listening to you." She finally calmed down and the pain subsided a lot. It was amazing how relaxed she became."

"Thank God…I'm on my way to the airport now. Susan and I will get a cab to the hospital."

"Okay Spencer I'll see you when you get here."

"Dad…"

"How's Ashley," Arthur asked.

"Christine says she's better, but I need to get there."

"I know sweetheart, we're on our way to the airport now. The corporate jets are being serviced today otherwise you could have flown on one of them. Sorry Spencer. Have you talked to the police yet?"

"I talked to them briefly on the phone. Right now my main concern is my wife. Dad…do you have any cash on you? All I have is ID and credit cards."

"Yes how much…? Here just take all of this, it's four hundred dollars. I'll wire you some more later." Thanks dad, Susan we can stop for underwear and clothes when we get to Reno."

"That's fine Ms. Spencer."

"What happened Spencer?" Arthur asked.

"I'm not sure Mrs. Bailey said a maintenance man had come in checking for gas leaks. She was suspicious, but didn't call me until he left."

"I got Mrs. Bailey out of the apartment by asking her to shop for some things for me. Thank God she did what I asked her to do instead of trying to fix dinner like she wanted to do."

Spencer's phone rings….

She answers it without looking at her caller ID. "Hello!"

"Spencer darling, I'm so glad you didn't get blown up in that awful explosion." The look on Spencer's face was not a happy one. If looks could kill Paula would be dead.

"It's mom," Spencer mouthed to Susan, Arthur and Heather.

"It's been ages since our last talk dear. If you need a place to stay I can put you and your bitch up for a little while."

"Mom stop calling her that, her name is Ashley."

"Whatever dear, I hope she's okay. By the way, is she with you now? She didn't get caught in the explosion, did she? I would so hate to miss our lunch date."

"Mom! Why are you doing this?"

"Doing what dear?"

"Doing what?!… Mom you planted a bomb in my apartment, you've been sending crazy packages to my home, you almost killed Chelsea and the baby. You went to Ashley's class to do what… I guess you were trying to show me you could get near her. Well, you've proven your point."

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT FROM ME? DAMN YOU!" Spencer screamed in the phone.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! Spencer always impatient. Please watch your mouth, I am still your mother. You'll soon find out, chow for now."

Spencer threw the phone down, put her face in her hands and began to cry. All Arthur could do was to console his daughter.

"What does she want from me dad?"

"Spencer I can't for the life of me figure out why she is tormenting you. I would think she would do that to me, I was after all her husband. You're just her daughter, she's not harassing Glen like that," Arthur said. "You're both her children. I don't know or pretend to understand what's going on in her head."

"Everyone I love is suffering and nobody knows what to do about it, not even the police."

"Spencer there's a flight going to Reno in one hour. I've already booked you and Susan on it. Flight 422, leaving at four-thirty p.m."

"Thanks Heather," Spencer said, "you're the best, I see why my father loves you so much. You care and are always one step of ahead of everybody."

"Thank you Spencer, I love you and Ashley just as much as I love your father," Heather said giving her husband a kiss on his lips.

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Lieutenant Morgan's POV

Spencer and Ashley have a psycho on their hands. Spencer's mom is a crazy lunatic and for some reason only known to her, is desperate for revenge against her own daughter. And the bad thing is she's smart enough and sane enough not to get caught. The only reason why we now know it's her is because she wanted us to know.

I went over the accident report on Chelsea and just as I suspected it wasn't an accident, but the driver knew what he or she was doing. Chelsea was not meant to get killed in that accident, hurt maybe but not killed. Thank the Good Lord, she's out of her coma and the baby is fine. They'll both be home in a week.

Then there's the explosion at Spencer's apartment, no one was hurt in that either, just some major structural damage. The bomb squad did find evidence of a bomb planted, so if Spencer had not made that stop she would have been in the apartment when it went off. Did Paula mean to kill her then or was it just a fluke that Spencer had not arrived to her apartment yet?

It's like Spencer's mother is taunting her like she did during the trial. Only during the trial, Paula was trying send Spencer to prison. The incidents happening now are to scare her but my fear is that when she finally directs her intentions on Spencer and Ashley it may turn deadly.

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Spencer's plane finally lands in Reno. She and Susan hail a cab and head to Reno's General Hospital.

"My name is Spencer Carlin-Davies, I'm looking for my wife Ashley Carlin-Davies, she was brought in here earlier today," Spencer told the nurse.

"Yes, she's on the third floor OB ward. Mrs. Carlin-Davies, Room 303," the receptionist at the front desk said. "You can take those elevators to your right."

"Thanks" said Spencer.

"Susan, I hope Ashley and the baby are okay. I don't know what I would do if any…"

"Ms. Spencer don't think that way if something was wrong Nick would have called us."