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Chapter 16

Heidi's POV

Butters, Collin, and I arrived in South Park the next afternoon. The first place went to was to the Cartman house. There's no sign of Eric or Kayla, but I know Ms. Cartman knows damn well where they are. I'm not leaving here until she tells me. "Where is he?" I ask Ms. Cartman as I pin her up against the wall.

"I don't know!" She yells out fearfully.

"LIAR!" I slam her into the wall hard.

"I'm telling the truth Heidi!"

"I don't believe you!" I slam her again. "You tell me where your loser son is, you bitch! He has my daughter and I want her back!"

"Hon, this isn't getting us anywhere." Collin tells me gently as he puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Then make her talk!"

"Let her go and maybe she will."

"Fine." I release Ms. Cartman and glare at her. "Now where is Eric?"

She rubs the back of her head. "I told you I don't know!"

I look at Collin. "She's still lying!"

"Ms. Cartman," Butters decides to step in, "when is the last time you heard from Eric?"

She thinks for a minute. "Just after he arrived in Vermont with you." She explains.

"What did he say?" I grab her and shake her.

"He hung up on me!"

"Why?"

"Because he was angry with me because I couldn't give him money."

I can feel my blood boiling. I knew she was lying all along! "So he asked you for money? Then you do know where he is!" I shake her harder. "You're a liar!"

"No I didn't!"

"Stop playing games and tell us where he is!"

"Heidi, shut up and let her talk!" Butters yells at me.

"Don't tell me to shut up! I'm trying to find my daughter!"

"You're not helping! Attacking her isn't going to help you find them any sooner." He tries to reason with me. I know he's right, but damnit, I'm pissed!

"I'm getting answers out of her one way or another!" I slam her into the wall once again. "Now tell me what I want to know!"

"What the hell is going on here?" I turn around and see Jack.

"I'm trying to get answers about my boyfriend out of your girlfriend!"

"My wife..." Jack corrects me.

"What?" Butters asks confused.

I wave him off. "Whatever! I don't care! Where's Eric?"

Jack shrugs. "We don't know nor do we care! He can go to hell for all I care."

"Jack!" Ms. Cartman says in shock.

"I don't care what happens to that fat fuck! It was time for him to step up and be a man!"

"We're sorry Heidi. I'll try to reach Eric."

I narrow my eyes at her. "Do it now!" I let her go again.

"Ok sure." She grabs her phone, but Jack takes the phone from her.

"No! Don't let these kids boss you around!" He orders her. I knew this asshole would be a problem.

"I just want to help."

"Fuck Eric! He's a big boy…literally!" He chuckles.

"Jack, he's my son. What if he's hurt?"

"He's not hurt, he left on his own accord." I tell them.

"See? He's fine."

Ms. Cartman takes the phone. "I'm going to call him anyway. I'll feel better knowing for myself that he's okay." She begins dialing a number and the phone up to her ear.

"Put him on speaker!" I demand.

"Why?"

"I trust you even less than I trust him! I want to make sure you're really calling him."

"Fine!" She puts the phone on speaker. After a few rings, we hear Eric's voicemail and Ms. Cartman hangs up. "No answer, I'm sorry."

I can feel the anger coming over me again. "You know where he is!"

"Look," Jack stops me from attacking Ms. Cartman, "if it will help, I can get a private detective, that's also a good friend of mine, to find him."

I raise my eyebrow. I'm shocked by what I'm hearing. I'm not sure if I truly believe him. "Really?"

Jack nods. "I guess if you really insist on finding him. I don't know why you would want to though."

"Yes I insist! He has my daughter!"

"Give me 24 hours and I guarantee you, I'll know his location." Jack ensures me.

I give him a blank stare. "How can I be sure that I can trust you? You hate Eric."

"Hon, just accept his help." Collin whispers in my ear. "He may be our only hope."

I let out a sigh. I don't want to accept it, but I really don't have a choice. "Okay. I'll be back this time tomorrow. We're staying at Butters' house."

"No problem. In the meantime, stop harassing my wife!" Jack warns us.

Collin and Jack shake hands. "We apologize sir. Let's go, hon." He escorts me out of the house and Butters follows behind. We get in the car and I slam the door shut.

"I don't know if I trust that man." I tell them.

Butters nods in agreement. "I don't blame you. Eric doesn't like him and now I can see why. He's kind of a jerk. I don't like the way he talks about Eric."

"Hopefully that jerk can find Eric and Kayla." Collin reminds us. "We need all the help we can get and what's better than a private detective?"

"I guess…" I stare out the window. I really hope Jack sticks to his word. I won't be able to rest until I have Kayla back in my arms. Damn Eric for taking her from me…again!