Bye Bye Maggie

While Aubrey was busy watching TV, Maggie walked through the door.

"Hi, you must be Aubrey Barton." Maggie stuck out her hand.

Aubrey stood up and shook her hand. "Yes and you must be Maggie."

"Yes ma'am! I'm Karen's friend who works with her."

"Aunt Maggie!" Andy ran and hugged her.

Maggie hugged her back. "Andy, I think it's time for bed."

Andy whined. "Aww, why?"

"It's late and Aubrey should be getting home." Maggie took Andy's hand.

"Oh, I was hoping to spend the night. If...it's okay with you." Aubrey put her hands behind her back.

Maggie turned around. "Sure, it's just up to Karen."

Aubrey nodded. "Oh yea, of course. What's the number?"

Maggie put the department store's number. "I'll just tuck him into bed."

"Wait! I need Chucky!" Andy ran to the couch and tucked him under his arm then followed Maggie to his room.

Aubrey dialed the number Maggie gave her.

"Karen Barclay." She answered.

"Hey, its Aubrey."

"Is everything okay?" Karen asked quickly.

"Yea, everything is great. I was wondering if I could stay the night." Aubrey stomach knotted.

"Of course you can. You'll be on the couch, right?"

"Yes ma'am."

"I just ask to turn the TV off before you go to bed. Andy will come in and watch it making him not get enough sleep."

"Oh yea, definitely."

"Thank you. I'll be home soon." Karen hung up.

Aubrey hung up and put her phone on the couch then walked into Andy's room. "Maggie, I can stay the night."

Maggie stood up and turned off the lights. "Awesome! Let me get you some blankets." Maggie left.

"Aubrey..." Andy mumbled underneath the blankets.

Aubrey turned around. "What's up, Andy?" She sat on the edge of the bed.

"Chucky isn't his actual name."

"Oh." Aubrey turned on his lamp light. "What's his real name?"

"Charles Lee Ray." Andy smiled. "He's the Lakeshore Strangler. He can talk, more than he usually does."

Aubrey looked at Chucky. "Oh really?"

"Yea! But don't tell Maggie or Mommy." Andy put his hand over his mouth.

"I promise not to." Aubrey walked out of the room and ran into Maggie.

"Here you go. This should be enough." Maggie handed her covers and a pillow.

"Thanks." Aubrey plopped them on the couch.

"I'll be washing dishes and cleaning up a little." Maggie walked into the kitchen.

Aubrey made up the couch then lied down, pulling the covers over her body.

Chucky walked out of Andy's room and stood behind a white seat. "I'm going to kill this bitch." He mouth to Aubrey.

Aubrey looked at Maggie then at Chucky. "No!" She whispered.

Chucky picked up the toy hammer. "Bye, Maggie." He laughed.

Aubrey pulled the covers over her head. "Shit..." She covered her ears.

Chucky ran into the kitchen and spilled the sugar container on the floor.

Maggie gasped then looked around the counter to see the sugar spilled on the floor. The phone rang, scaring her, then answered quickly. "Uh, hello?"

"Hi, how's it going?" Karen asked. "How's Andy and Aubrey?"

"Karen?" Maggie asked.

"Yea? Is something wrong?" Karen frowned.

"Uh..no." Maggie lied. "Everything's fine." She chuckled.

"Are you sure? You don't sound like everything's fine."

"Would you stop worrying? Give Criswell a kick in the pants for me, huh?" Maggie chuckled.

Karen laughed. "You got it. Give Andy a kiss for me, would ya?"

"Sure will. Bye Karen." Maggie sniffled.

"Bye now." Karen hung up.

Maggie hung up then began to sweep up the sugar. She heard a noise come from behind the tall plants. She moved one out of the way but didn't see a thing.

Maggie sighed. "What's wrong with me? I'm scaring myself to death." She turned around to see Chucky holding a hammer. Chucky hit her in the face, making her fall backwards, making her fall from a seven story window and hit a car.

Aubrey ran into the kitchen to see Chucky grinning and holding a hammer. "Aunt Maggie is gone now, Aubrey."

"Aubrey! Aubrey! Aubrey!" Andy ran into the kitchen in tears. "What happened?!"

Aubrey and Andy went to the window and looked down at Maggie's body. "Oh god." Aubrey covered Andy's eyes and pulled him back.

Half an hour later, cops showed up and so did Karen. The medics carried Maggie's body into the ambulance.

Karen ran into the house and hugged Aubrey. "Where's Andy? Are you okay?"

Aubrey nodded. "I'm fine. Andy's in the bedroom talking to a police officer."

Karen ran into his room and Andy ran to her. "Mommy!"

Karen hugged him. "Oh, thank god."

Aubrey looked at the man. "Officer Norris."

He stood up. "Ya know, everywhere there's a murder, there's you."

Aubrey crossed her arms. "What are you trying to say?"

"Maybe I'm sayin' that you had something to do with this these murders. Charles Lee Ray seemed to have rubbed off on you!"

"Up yours! I have nothing to do with these murders!"

"Where's Maggie?" Karen asked Andy.

Andy frowned. "Aunt Maggie had an accident."

"An accident?! What kind of accident!?" Karen looked up the him.

"Miss Barclay, I'm Officer Mike Norris, homicide. Can I talk to you out in the hall?"

"Why? What happened to Maggie?" Karen wiped tears away.

"Please?" He asked.

Karen looked at Andy. "I'll be right back."

Mike and Karen talked in the hallway. "Look, Misses Barclay, Miss Peterson is dead."

"What?!" Karen covered her mouth. "How?"

"She fell from the kitchen window." Mike lead her to the kitchen.

Aubrey joined them. "I was asleep on the couch. She told me she was cleaning up."

"You uh, got any idea what these are?" Mike pointed to shoe prints on the counter.

Karen shook her head. "No."

"They are very small foot prints."

"What are you implying?" Karen felt insulted.

"I don't know." He chuckled. "What would Andy be doing on the counter, right?"

"What?" Aubrey stood by Karen.

"Besides, I already checked his closet. None of his shoes match the footprints."

"Mommy!" Andy walked into the kitchen with them, carrying Chucky. "Chucky wanted to know what was going on."

Karen stood to his level. "Andy, I want you to go to bed. Detective and I are very busy."

"But mom.."

"Leave now, please." Karen stood up.

"Andy." Officer Norris called him. "What you got on your feet?"

Andy looked down. "Good Guy PJ sneakers."

"Wow!" Officer Norris bent down. "Can I see the bottoms of them."

Aubrey crossed her arms and looked down. "Mike..."

"Sure!" Andy turned around and lifted his foot.

"Oh, look at this, huh! There's a gun, cowboy hat..."

"Andy, go to bed. I'll be there to tuck you in." Karen faced him.

"But mom..."

"Go now!" Karen demanded.

Andy casually walked back to his bedroom with Chucky in his hand.

"Why are you treating Andy like this?" Karen turned around to Officer Norris. "If he says he doesn't know where those footprints come from then he doesn't!"

"Look, Misses Barclay, somebody made those footprints and it wasn't Andy, then who?"

"I don't know and I don't care! All I know is that I just lost my best friend to a horrible accident. I would like some time with my son who sure is just as upset as I am." She said quickly.

"Okay, sorry. Um, I'll clear everybody out of your way, okay?" Mike sighed. "Already everyone, chop, chop! Let's get out of here!" He left.

Aubrey hugged her. "I'm sorry for Maggie, Karen."

Karen took off her jacket and sat it on the counter.

"Oh." Norris turned around. "I'm going to need to take Aubrey with us."

Aubrey shook her head. "Screw you! I'm not going anywhere!"

Norris took out handcuffs. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way."

Aubrey looked at Karen. "I'll be back, okay?"

Karen nodded. "I'll see you later. Call me if you can."

Aubrey went with Officer Norris. "Why are you treating me like a criminal?"

"Because you are!" Norris threw her into the elevator.

"Just because Charles and I had relations, doesn't mean I killed Maggie!" Aubrey crossed her arms while the elevator went down.

"What's the doll's name again?" He turned around to her, sticking a cigarette in his mouth.

"Chucky." Aubrey remarked.

"Charles' friends called him that. The Toy Store..."

Aubrey cut her eyes. "Yea, he died there. Some idiot police man gunned him down."

Officer Norris looked at her. "Yea, well, he's a criminal and all I did was justice."

Aubrey looked away. "You're an asshole."

"I get that a lot." The elevator opened up. "Go first, I'll follow you."

Aubrey went out the elevator and out the doors to the car. She sat in the passenger seat and said nothing while he drove her to the police department.