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Chapter 18: Not Going to California, After All? II
Kevin's PoV:
Suddenly, there's a knock on the door. "Shit..." Harry whispers. He grabs onto the collar of my sweater and forces me down into the tub. He places his hand over my mouth and says, "Shut it." He hollers, "Coming!" I keep struggling to break free, while Harry manages to pull out the roll of duct tape from his coat pocket. He places a piece across my mouth and then ties my hands together with some more. He then turns on the bathtub and says, firmly, "Shut up." Then, he exits the bathroom...
Harry's PoV:
I head for the door to the room we're staying in and open it. "Hello." I say.
"Hello. I was just making sure you guys are OK and getting settled." Mindie says.
"We're just fine, thank you."
"The little boy with you. He looked at me strange. He mouthed some words to me, sir. Are you sure you're the boy's relative?"
Panic flushes over me. "Of course I am."
"You look nothing alike."
"He's adopted, ma'am."
"Where's the boy now?" She doesn't seem like she believes me...
"He's taking a bath."
"Why did that kid look at me like that, sir? Why did he mouth 'help' and 'call 911' to me?"
"Kids are like that. They always joke around and pretend."
"Well, you should teach your kid to not do things like that, or else someone might take them seriously."
"Don't worry, I'll teach the little brat a lesson." I say, trying to hold in my anger at the little Hellion.
"Alright. Well, have a good night, sir," Mindie says.
"You too, ma'am. Thanks," She walks away, still seeming a little sceptical about my made-up story. I then close the door to our room...
Kevin's PoV:
Harry reenters the bathroom, clearly angered. He storms over to me and turns off the tap, which makes all the water drain. My back is wet. He pulls me out of the tub and cuts off the tape with a pair of scissors in the bathroom. Before Harry can, I pull off the tape from my mouth, and he shouts, "What did you do that downstairs for?!"
"Do what?"
"Don't act stupid, kid! You know very well what I'm talking about!"
"Aren't I supposed to try and get help? I mean, if I'm kidnapped, I think I have every right to try and get myself saved!"
"No! You're supposed to shut up and do as you're told!"
"You're the one that brought me here in the first place, you dummy!"
Harry slaps me in the face, and I gasp. "Don't you call me a dummy!"
"You are! You brought me here!"
"Only to save your puny little ass! Because, I am this close to shoving a gun in your yap!"
I cross my arms and shake my head. "If you wanted to kill me, you would've killed me, already."
"Don't think I won't, kid."
"Words don't mean anything, unless you commit to them..."
Kate's PoV:
Peter and I are led to the questioning room, where a man sits, handcuffed to the table. He's tall, with light brown curly hair. "Please sit down at the table, Mister and Misses McCallister," Officer Burke says, gesturing his hand to the table. Peter and I obey and sit at the opposite side of the criminal. Officer Burke sits at the end of the table and says, "Mister and Misses McCallister, this is Marvin Merchants. He and Harold Lime have worked together for years, stealing valuable things out of people's homes. Unfortunately, Mr. Lime still has your son, according to Mr. Merchants here."
Anger instantly floods me and I stand up from my chair, banging my fists down to the table. I demand, "Where's your partner got my son?!"
Marvin slightly raises his hands and says, "Harry told me that he planned on going to California. Ever since the general store incident, I don't know if he's still going there, ma'am," He sounds honest enough.
"Why is there something in me that believes you?"
"Probably because I'm telling the truth, ma'am."
I sigh. "Is your partner still driving the same vehicle, Mr. Merchants?" I say, emphasizing "Mr. Merchants".
"He should be. Though, we painted it black. He could change the colour. I don't know..."
"Did you hurt him?" I ask, tears forming.
I can tell he's hesitating, before he answers, "Yes, ma'am. Though, I tried to stop Harry from doing it."
"How come you're here, and your partner still has my baby?"
"I grew a soft spot for the child. Ever since Harry wanted to hurt him that one time, I realized that Kevin's just a kid... My soft spot grew even softer, when I finally gave in to letting him go... Harry caught us, and that's when we ended up at the park. Harry figured out that there was a flaw in our plan, so that's why we drove off with your kid again. Hours down the road, we stopped at a general store. I told the cashier about having Kevin in our van. Shortly after, I was arrested..."
"How did you hurt him?" I ask, tears escaping.
"I... I don't know if I should tell you, ma'am..."
"Tell me!" I demand.
"Harry... Harry shot him in the ankle, when he tried to escape..."
"You bastards..." I can't help but cry.
"And... Harry had hit him over the head with a tire iron, when he tried to escape, yet again..." I bring my hands up to my mouth and cry into Peter.
"Why'd you take my son, you son of a bitches?!"
"You see... it happened last year..."
"What?... What happened last year?!..."
Kevin's PoV:
Harry looks at me, after I say that. He says, "Fine then. After we leave this motel tomorrow, I'll shoot you in the yap, and then throw you in the lake."
"No, you won't."
"What do you mean, 'no, I won't'?!"
"If you wanna hurt me, you'll hurt me, for revenge for last year, but you wouldn't kill me."
"Oh, yeah? Try me. Tomorrow morning, kid, I'm taking ya to the nearest lake and shooting ya. Then, I'll throw ya into the lake, where the fish can feed on ya."
"Sounds like a good plan, but you won't do it."
"Yes, I will."
"No, you won't."
"Yes, I will." We keep bickering like this, exiting out of the bathroom...
A/N: Thanks for reading! Review positively please! Thank you! I wrote this after watching In the Midnight Hour, which had MacAulay Culkin cameo in it, and with the song Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest in my head! That's my random news for you people! :D I think the ending ended with a bit of comedy, didn't it? Well, there won't be much comedy next chapter! Yesh. :3 Ooh! This would've been up sooner, but I'm going to learn how to play the guitar, so I was being shown some things by my Dad. So excited! ^_^ Well, I'll update tomorrow or something, after I go see Into the Woods in my favourite place! Sorry, I'm having a great vacation! Ciao! :D
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