A/N: Here's another Chapter you ya!
Chapter 24
Sam looked at the card in her hand again and checked the address of the house in front of her. "This is it." She said to herself, pushing open the car door and stepping into the sunlight. She walked up to the small house as quickly as her five month pregnant belly would let her, and knocked on the door. After waiting for several minutes, the door swung open and two small girls stared in awe at her.
"Who are you?" One asked. She appeared to be maybe three or four, and was slightly shorter than the other. Sam smiled at the girls,
"I'm Sam. Are your parents home?" She asked, right as a taller women appeared behind the two girls. She smiled at Sam, then at the girls.
"Katie, Morgan, go play in the living room." She told them. The girl's ran down the hall and disappeared. She turned towards Sam, "Can I help you?" She asked.
"I'm looking for Gibby." She said, "I'm Sam." The woman's face lit up in recognition.
"Sam!" She said loudly, making Sam jump. "Its been, like, forever!" The women hugged her tightly.
"Whoa! Careful." Sam said, pulling away from the tight grasp. "Do I know you?" She asked, thinking over who this women could be. Before the women could answer, Gibby appeared behind her, a shirtless toddler trailing behind him.
"Tasha, who's at the door?" He asked the women, before noticing Sam at the door. "What are you doing here Sam?" He asked, motioning for her to come in.
"Why don't we go play with the girls." Tasha said to the small boy, leading him towards where the girls had ran minutes ago. Gibby watched them leave then turned back towards Sam, who stood there with a shocked expression.
"Tasha?" She asked with a grin. "You married Tasha?" She didn't believe it. She couldn't even believe when they dated in high school. Gibby smiled, a thoughtful look on his face.
"Yeah..." He said, his mind trailing. He pulled out of his thoughts, "Do you want to sit down? You look uncomfortable." He said, noticing her shift from one foot to the other. Sam gave him a grateful look, and followed him down the hall and into a small living room.
"Take a seat anywhere." Gibby said, leaning back in a recliner. Sam threw him another grateful look and sat on the couch. As soon as she did though, she jumped back up and found that she had sat on some sort of plastic toy. "Sorry." Gibby laughed, taking the toy from Sam. She smiled and sat back down. Making sure she wasn't sitting on anything else. "So, what brings you here today?" Gibby asked once Sam had gotten settled.
Before she could answer, the room was ambushed by a herd of kids. Sam looked on in awe as they all crowded around the man, all talking at the same time. To her surprise, Gibby looked to be in complete control over the gang on children.
"Guys cool it!" Gibby said over the noise, motioning to Sam. "We've got a guest." The kids immediately quieted and backed away from their father. "Kids, this is Sam. We used to go to high school together." Gibby motioned from the kids the Sam. "Sam, this is Morgan, she's six, Tony is five, Katie is four, and the twins Destiny and Frankie are two." He said, pointing towards each kid as he introduced them.
"And their all yours?" Sam asked, genuinely surprised. Gibby laughed and nodded.
"Yup." He turned to Morgan. "Where's mom?" She thought for a minute, then seemed to get his hint.
"I think she wanted us to help her make cookies. Come on guys." She said quickly, pulling Katie out of the room. The others trailed out of the room after her.
"So what was it that you needed?" Gibby asked again after they had all left. Sam sat back and pondered his question. What did she need?
"I want to help find my daughter." Sam stated simply, crossing her arms across her chest.
Carly was staring intently at her TV screen. She had been flipping through the channels absently, her mind wandering to Jordan, who she still had gotten no reply from. And now she knows why.
POLICE ARREST THIRTY-SIX YEAR OLD JORDAN RICHARDS IN THE KIDNAPPING OF FIVE YEAR OLD LILLY DERSHLIT. AUTHORITIES WERE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE MAN AFTER HE REMOVED THE GIRL FROM A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH OUT PERMISSION. ALSO ARRESTED WAS HIS WIFE WHOM POLICE HAVE NOT REALISED THE NAME OF. THE CHILD IS IN THE CUSTODY OF POLICE AS OF NOW, WAITING FOR ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN TO FIND HER HOME.
"Oh. My. God." Carly gasped as the news program cut off and a commercial blared. "Jordan, what did you do?" She thought out loud, running her hand through her hair. Her mind raced, processing what she had just seen over and over. Lilly. She had heard that name somewhere...Yes, that was what she had over heard him say when she called him over the phone once, he had shouted the name to someone in the background. She didn't know exactly what was going on, but she knew she was going to find out.
"Lilly, focus. We can't help you unless you talk to us." The police man said gently. There were two people in the room, sitting across from her at a big table. The other was a women that looked like she was a few years younger than her mom. The women spoke now.
"Are you afraid?" She asked, looking deep into the little girl's chocolate brown eyes. Lilly didn't know how to answer the woman's question. Was she afraid? What would she be afraid of? She shook her head, but didn't make a sound. She hadn't said a word since they brought her in here.
The women looked at her sadly then whispered something to her partner, who frowned and whispered back before standing up and leaving the room.
"We're going to try something different." The women said to her after the door had closed. She reached under the table and pulled something out of the bag at her feet. She leaned over and set a notepad and pencil in front of Lilly. "I'm going to ask you a simple question alright?" She started. "I want you to write or draw an answer. You don't have to say anything." Lilly nodded and picked up the pencil, waiting for her question. Before the women could say anything, the door flew open and a large man walked in with a shorter blond lady behind him.
A/N: Only four more chapters left! Next update will probably be sometime tommorrow, or friday.
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