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Chapter 5
Llanfair
"Where is my daughter and grandson, Vicki?" Clint yelled at his wife as he grabbed her arms.
"Aren't they upstairs?" Vicki stalled.
"No, they are not. But you already knew that didn't you, Vicki? You already knew that they were gone, didn't you?" He yells at her, shaking her a little bit. "Answer me!"
"Take your hands off me!" Vicki jerks away from him. "Don't you ever touch me like that again. Now what's this nonsense about my daughter and grandson? As far as I know they are upstairs in their beds asleep."
"Don't lie to me, Vicki. You knew exactly what I would find when I went up those stairs." he said angrily.
"How would I know that, Clint? I have been with you this entire week, as you know. I haven't talked to anyone here any more then you have. This was suppose to be our honeymoon, time for us to spend alone. Keeping in touch with the people back here was the least of my plans for the week."
"That's right Vicki, you haven't kept in touch with our daughters at all this week. You even kept trying to distract me from calling them. Why is that? You never like to be out of contact with our children. Why was this week so different?"
"Clint, this trip was important to us. We have been planning it for awhile now. I just wanted us to enjoy ourselves without having to deal with what was going on back here. This was suppose to be our time for us."
"Why did our time have to happen now? I told you I wanted to wait until after Natalie was better, til things were more settled with her. But you insisted we go now, and not for the two weeks we had originally planned, but for an entire month. Why is that?"
"We already had the reservations for two weeks and I thought it would be good for us go now to get away from all the stress that we've been under since Natalie's accident. It's hasn't been but a little over a year since you had your heart transplant so I know all the stress couldn't be good for you. So I thought a month away from all of this would be good for you, for both of us." Vicki explained.
"Good for us, Vicki? Or did you just think it would be a good time for Natalie to get away with my grandson?"
"Get away with your grandson? You act like she stole her own child. If Natalie wanted to go out with her son then she was well within her right to do so."
"She's sick, Vicki. She should still be resting."
"Well, obviously she doesn't think so since she has gone out for the day with Liam."
"Cut the crap, Vicki. You know she hasn't just gone out somewhere with Liam. Most of their things are gone. She has taken clothes for both her and the boy. She's gone. So are Jessica and her kids. Gretchin and the guards are nowhere to be found. Now stop stalling and tell me where my daughters are." Clint demands.
"Jessica and her children have taken a little trip. They should be back in a few days. Since Natalie is better now I saw no reason to keep the nurse around, so I had Jessica fire her. And I don't know or care about where your guards are."
"And Natalie? Where is she? And don't lie to me, Vicki. I want the truth and I want it now."
"I don't know." Clint gives her a disbelieving look. "I'm not lying to you. Natalie wouldn't tell me where she was going for this exact reason. She didn't want me to have to lie to you." She tells him as Clint gets his phone out and starts to dial before her words stop him. "There's no need for that. You won't be able to find her. She left the same morning we did. They are long gone by now."
Clint gets up into her face. "You'd better hope you're wrong, Vicki. Cause if I don't find Natalie and Liam soon there's going to be hell to pay. Now get out of my sight. I can't stand being in the presence of someone who betrayed me."
"Gladly," Vicki tells him as she starts for the stairs. "But don't think it going to be so easy to find her. Natalie has a mind of her own and she knows exactly what she wants to do in her life. You're big mistake was in thinking that you could keep her a prisoner in this house. You should never have tried. Now you've lost her forever."
Clint watches her walk up the stairs before making his call and waiting for someone to answer. "Its me." He says into the phone. "You need to find my daughter and grandson and bring them back here. I don't care what you have to do, I just want them back in this house within the week. You should start in Port Charles. If I know Natalie, she'll go running straight to McBain. Find her before she finds him."
Cabin Llantano Mountain
Natalie walked once again to the window and looked outside anxiously. "Where are you Uncle Bo? We have to get out of here."
"Natalie, stop worrying. They will be here soon." Jessica told her from the couch where she sat holding a sleepy Liam.
"I know." Natalie said turning to face her sister. "I'm just ready to get out of here. The longer we stay here the more likely Dad is to come back and find us gone. We've been lucky so far that Mom was able to keep him away this long. I have a feeling she's not going to be able to do it much longer."
"Its going to be ok, Natalie. Dad is not going to find us. Even if he does there is nothing he can do now. He doesn't have any control over what you do any more. Listen, I'm going to put Liam down for his nap so he will be rested for when Uncle Bo gets here and you have to leave." Jessica got up and started out of the room before turning back to face her sister. "Don't worry, Sweety. Everything is going to turn out the way its suppose to. Just remember how easy it was for us to leave Llanfair."
"Yeah, almost too easy. I think we were more lucky then anything and I'm just afraid that our luck is going to run out." As Jessica left the room, Natalie turned to face the window once again thinking about her escape from Llanfair.
When she had first started to plan her escape, she had a clear idea in her mind how things were suppose to go. They were suppose to get Dr. Vivian Wright to check her out. Then if everything was ok with the baby they were going to get Uncle Bo and Nora on board, and then finally they would get her out of there. But almost from the start they all three began to realize that it wasn't going to work. First there seemed to be absolutely no way to get Vivian in to see her with Gretchin watching her like a hawk. And Uncle Bo and Nora were not on the list of people the guards were to allow in the house. It became clear that she was going to have to get out of the house first. So they had come up with a new plan. And it all started with her Mother getting her Dad out of town.
-flashback-
Natalie looked up nervously as her bedroom door opened, and started to rush back to the bed. "Relax, its just me," her Mother said as she walked into the room to see her dressed daughter out of bed.
"Thank Goodness, its you Mom." Natalie said as she went back to her packing. "I was scared for a moment that it might be Dad. Are you guys about ready to leave?"
"Just about. You're Dad is just finishing up some last minute calls then he's coming up here to tell you bye. So you better hide that bag and get back in bed." Natalie nods and does as she asks. Vicki helps her with the covers and kisses her on the forehead. "Are you all set? Do you have everything ready?"
"Yeah, Jessica got Uncle Bo to help get us a place to stay by telling him that she needed to get away with the kids for a few days. Then she arranged for Vivian to meet us at Cherry Vale to examine me. After that, I'm going to explain everything to Bo and Nora and see if they will help with everything else. Don't worry Mom, it all going to work out."
"How are you going to get out of here and away from Gretchin and the guards?"
"We have that all figured out, but you don't get to know about it." When Vicki started to protest Natalie continued. "Mom, I told you I didn't want to tell you that part or where we will be staying so you don't have to lie to Dad. I don't want to put my problems in the middle of your marriage."
"Your Dad already did that, Darling. But I understand why you feel this way, so I'll respect your wishes and won't ask. But promise me you will be careful."
"I will, Mom. I promise." The two only had time for one more hug before her Dad was in the room telling Natalie bye and to not give Gretchin to much trouble. Natalie promised she would and watched them walk out the door. About ten minutes later Jessica walked into the room. "Are they gone?"
"Yeah, and everything is all set. I gave the guards their special coffee about thirty minutes ago so it will be kicking in soon and Gretchin should be in here any minute."
"You didn't put to much in it did you? I want to knock them out, not kill them."
"Don't worry, I did it just like Shawn told me to. Now do your part so we can get this over with." Jessica tells her as she moves away to hide in the closet with the door slightly ajar.
Seeing that she was ready, Natalie started yelling. "Gretchin. Gretchin help me. My head is splitting. It hasn't hurt this bad since right after I woke up. Ow Gretchin, please," she moans.
Gretchin rushes into the room and runs to her patient's side and kneeling over her, never realizing that Jessica was sneaking up behind her with a needle before it was to late. "Ow, what the..." she gets out before she slumps over on Natalie out cold.
"Good job, Jessica. Now get her off me and get a rope." The sisters worked together to get Gretchin tied up and placed in Natalie's bed with the cover over her. Then they got all their stuff and the kids, walked pass the drugged guards to Jessica's car and drove away.
-end flashback-
They had driven straight to the clinic and met Vivian where she gave her and the baby a clean bill of health. From there they had went to the cabin on Llantano Mountain that Jessica had convinced Bo to get for them. And that was where they had stayed ever since. Shawn had promised to go by the house to take care of the guards and to let Gretchin know that her services were no longer needed. Jessica had gotten in touch with Bo and Nora and they had come to the cabin where Natalie had explained the situation to them . After hearing everything, they were only to glad to help. That had all been a few days ago and now all she could do was wait. Hearing a car in the drive way, she looks up to see two cars pull into the yard. Giving a sigh of relief, she walks to the door to let them in. "I'm so glad you guys are finally here," she told them as she opened the door and moved to the side so they could enter.
"Sorry it took so long, Honey." Bo told her as her hugged her then released her. "But we had a lot to do and it took some time."
"I know, Uncle Bo, and I'm sorry if it seems like I was rushing you. Its just that I'm anxious to get out of here before Dad figures out something is going on." Natalie explains. "Did you get everything?"
"Sure did," he assures her before handing her a large envelope. "Here are new ids for you and Liam and also enough cash money to do you for awhile. I was also able to get you a new car." He says handing her a set of keys. "Don't worry, it can't be traced back to you. I also got you an untraceable phone. Its in the envelope. I got me one too so you can contact me without your father knowing and I already put my number in your phone. I don't want you completely out of touch if something should happen."
"Thank you, Uncle Bo." She says before turning to Nora. "What about the restraining order? Were you able to have it lifted?"
"Not yet, but its in the works. Its going to take a few days."
"But I thought it was just a simple restraining order and all it would take was my signature to have it removed?" A confused Natalie asked.
"Normally that would be true, but it seems Clint had a friend of his issue it and he is refusing to rescind it without Clint giving his permission. But I should still be able to get it done. I just have to find a way convince him to do what's right. So don't worry. By the time you get to where you are going I should have it lifted. Truthfully, it should have never been issued in the first place. Restraining orders are meant to protect people who are in danger of physical harm. And no matter what John may have done with some other woman, you clearly didn't meet the criteria." Nora explained.
"I know, but I was so hurt by the picture of him kissing that little tramp that I was willing to agree to anything Dad said if it meant that John would stay away from me until I was ready to talk to him." Natalie said.
"Honey, are you sure you want to do this? Are you sure you want to go to Port Charles?" Bo asked her.
"I have to, Uncle Bo. I have to find John. I have to find out exactly why he has stayed away even though it will probably break my heart. I know part of it could be the restraining order but there has to be another reason. I mean he hasn't even come back for his job, and we all know how he is about work. Why hasn't he come home for that?" She asks before catching a weird look passing between her Uncle and his wife. "Ok, what do you two know?"
"Honey, John doesn't work at the LPD anymore." Bo tells her gently.
"What do you mean? Did he quit his job? Why would he quit his job?"
"He didn't. I fired him."
"WHAT?! Why would you fire him? How could you?"
"Honey, your dad kept telling me how John was responsible for what happened to you and how you didn't want him anywhere near you. He said it would help you if he didn't have a job to come back for. Then he had the mayor press me fire him too, so I caved. I'm sorry. I was just so angry at him for hurting you that I didn't want to see him either. I fired him a few weeks back." Bo explained.
"What's he doing for money, then?"
"I don't know for sure, but my secretary called me on the way up here to tell me the Port Charles police commissioner called to speak to me but she didn't say about what. I think he may be trying to get a job there." Bo says.
"Oh, ok. Well wow." Natalie stammers as she sinks down on the couch.
"What's wrong, Natalie?" Bo asks sitting beside her.
"It just seems like he is really making Port Charles his home. It feels like he is getting further and further away from me and Liam." Natalie said sadly before snapping herself out of it. "But that doesn't even matter now. All that matters is finding him and trying to fix things for Liam and the new baby. All that other stuff is not important right now."
"Are you sure?" Nora asks.
"Yeah, I am. And there is no need to wait. The longer I delay the more likely it is that Dad will find us. Jessica, could you bring me Liam? Its time to go." She calls to her sister.
Jessica came into the room carrying a sleeping Liam. "Are you sure you're ready? Mom and Dad aren't suppose to be back for another week so we could stall for a little longer if you want more time to build up your strength."
"No, I don't want to tempt fate any longer. I don't really think that Mom is going to be able to keep Dad away for the whole two weeks. We need to get away while we can. But don't worry, I'll keep in touch with Uncle Bo on the phone he gave me and he can keep you updated."
"Just make sure you do. I don't know what I would do if something happened to you." Jessica tells her giving her a strong hug. Releasing her, she wipes her eyes as she moves towards the door. "I'll put Liam in the car for you."
"There's a car seat in the car already for him." Bo calls after her before turning to hug Natalie. "You promise me to be careful. And you call me everyday."
"I will. Thank you both for everything. I wouldn't have gotten away without your help." After giving both Bo and Nora another quick hug, she heads toward the car.
Bo, Nora and Jessica helped her get her things in the car then waved bye as Natalie started out of the driveway. Jessica wiped tears from her eyes as she silently said goodbye to her sister for the foreseeable future. "I hope she's well enough to do this. Do you think she'll be ok, Uncle Bo?"
Bo wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into a hug. "I hope so honey. She definitely will be if she finds John before your Father finds her."
As she pulls out onto the road, she looks into the rear view mirror at a still sleeping Liam in his car seat. "Here we go, baby. Its time we find Daddy. Next stop Port Charles."