Shawn
After dinner with Cory, Angela and Topanga I decided to go for a walk. The night was dark and cold. As I was I made out the outline of a thin figure being pushed out of a white van onto the cement. The van drove away. I walked closer wondering what happened and hoping whoever it was was ok. As I neared I realized it wasn't just any girl; it was on of my daughters. She. was one of my daughters. Jasmine.
"omygod. Oygodomygodomygod," I said stricken with fear.
I crouched down next to her. In the darkness she was breathing.
"baby?" I asked; "it's dad. Can you hear me?"
She didn't say anything.
I checked her over noticing she had several cuts. Realizing we had to get her to a hospital.
"shit," I whispered.
"Sorry," I apologized to my unconscious daughter.
"Dad," a voice called.
I looked up and saw my son tom approaching.
"Are you ok? What happened? Omygod is that jasmine? What the-" he asked.
"Tom go get your mother. Make sure your sisters are upstairs in their room in the hotel. I don't whoever did this to jasmine doing it to them," I told him.
"but-"
"Now."
"Ok."
He left
Out of all my children jasmine was the 2nd oldest with Rosalie being the oldest. Then tom, Ariel and Jennifer. Morgan was Jennifer's mom. Ariel was lily and I's daughter. We didn't know who toms mom and Rosalie's dad were.
A few minutes later Angela came out wearing my coat
"Shawn," she said as she approached; "tom told me to come. Are you alrite what happened?"
Her eyes landed on jasmine; "omygod."
"We have to get her to a hospital," I told Angela looking up at her.
"Ok I," she looked around for her phone.
"I'll call," tom said who'd come back out.
He opened his cell and called an ambulance.
"I'll go with her when it comes," Angela told me.
"Ok. I have to tell Cory and Topanga. Tom you stay here with the girls," I said.
He nodded still on the phone.
I went into the hotel lobby.
"Cory Topanga," I called.
A few of the people checking in looked at me.
"Cory top-"
"What is it Shawn?" Topanga asked appearing at my side.
"I. something happened to jasmine, they're taking her to the hospital," I told them.
"Is she ok?" Cory asked.
I turned to him; "no obviously not Cory."
"Oh."
"Where are the girls?"
"Upstairs."
"Oh thank god."
I pulled out my phone and called tom.
"Tom," I said.
"Yeah?"
"Where are the girls?"
"Upstairs like you told me to tell them to go."
"No."
"But i-"
"No. where are alexa and lily?"
"shit. They're still at the video store. I can't go get them because you told me to stay with-"
"It's ok I'll…" I looked around my gaze landing on Cory; "I've figured something out."
"Ok."
We hung up.
"Should we call jack, Rachel, Morgan and Leo?" Topanga asked.
"No not yet let's see what the hospital tells us," I answered
"Ok."
"Cory," I said looking at him.
"Yeah?"
"I want you to g o get lily and alexa and bring them here. Everyone stays here until the hospital tells us something."
"Ok I'm on it."
"Thanks."
He left flipping open his phone.
"Shawn," Topanga said; "don't you think you're overreacting just a bit?"
"Topanga. Something obviously happened to jasmine more than just the cuts I," I swallowed, "I saw. I saw her fall out of a van."
"Oh."
"This is why I wanted sons."
"You have, a son."
"No I mean all sons."
"Oh."
"This wouldn't've happened if I had sons."
"It would if they were in a gang!"
"Ok you're…..you're right."
"You want me to wait with you?" she asked peering at me.
"No that's ok. Thanks though."
"Ok."
She left.
People were talking in the lobby but i was absorbed in my own thoughts. I sat down on a nearby bench alert.
The sliding doors slid open and more people came in checking in. the night outside was dark and somewhere out there so was the guy who'd hurt my daughter.
I never thought this would happen on our vacation.