callyha Posted May 14, 2010 Report Posted May 14, 2010 Thank you for the lovely comments! Writing in this color is a note Chapter 31 "Do you think he'll realize he's forgot his son?" Kelly asked "He looked pissed" Mary added "Well, I've finished work now, so, I'll take Riley back to Angelo's, and stay with him until Ruby or Angelo get home. I'll ring Angelo to let him know" Kelly said "Ok, why do you get to take Riley?" Jane asked "Because I've finished work" "Can't he stay?" Jane said as she tickled Riley. "No. Look, I'll see you in the morning" Kelly said. ************************** "What else haven't you told me? That he lives here in the bay? That you were going to arrest him tomorrow?" Angelo shouted "We don't know where he is exactly. The only clue we have is that he lives a few miles down" Georgina asked "You should have told me" "We knew you had a lot to deal with. A young son, a teenage step-daughter all dealing with loosing their mum. And you, you are barely coping. No one can mention Charlie's name without you going off on one" "Can you blame me? I watched my wife get stabbed. I watched as life left her body. She died in my arms. That's all I see. Every time I close my eyes" "All the more reason to not be involved" Giles added "I have to do this. For Riley. For Ruby. And for Charlie. Her killer will pay. And I will get him" Angelo turned around and walked out of the diner. Colleen rushed back into the kitchen to put the hot dish down. "For gawd sake love. Why didn't you put it down when you first took it out of the oven?" Irene said as she got an ice-pack out of the freezer "Angelo and another officer were arguing" Colleen replied "So you thought you'd look" Leah asked "I was thinking about the customers" Colleen replied "Here" Irene handed the ice-pack to Colleen and then went to finish cutting the tomatoes. ******************** "Angelo wait!" Georgina shouted as her and Giles ran out of the diner. But Angelo had driven off. "Come on. We'd better follow him" Giles replied. ********************** Ruby cried all the way to the tree near Leah's house. The tree held happy memories for Ruby. And for Charlie. It was the place where Ruby first called Charlie mum. It was the place where Ruby told Romeo she loved him. It was where Charlie had gone into labor. Ruby walked up to the tree and sat. Ruby sat thinking about Charlie and how happy they had been as a family. Then Ruby fell into a deep sleep. ********************* Cleaning the pool of blood from the floor the figure looked back up at the picture of Charlie. His hand formed a fist once again. But this time, he released his grasp. He looked at the picture of Charlie and Grant. Realizing there was a note with it. Reaching out to the picture, he took it off the wall. He turned the picture over. Peeled open the small envelope on the back and read the note. Charlie Buckton has ruined my life. She has accused me of raping her. I never touched her. She lied to cover up her careless mistake. Charlie has a daughter she claims is mine. Her daughters name is R.... "R? What? What's her name?!" The man shouted. "I'll kill her"
callyha Posted May 28, 2010 Report Posted May 28, 2010 Hey Guys, sorry I haven't written in ages, but I lost internet connection and haven't been able to write. Here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy! Flashback Chapter 32 Grant walked down the corridor with a huge grin on his face. As he approached his locker, Gary, Shawn and Peter walked up to him. "What's the grin for?" "I had sex last night" "About time." Gary asked With who?" Peter asked "Wait, I know, that hot babe you've been seeing" Shawn added Grants smile got wider. "No way" Peter said "I thought she didn't want to" "What made you think that?" Grant asked "The fact that she has always said that she wanted to be at least seventeen" Peter said "Girls say a lot of things they don't mean" Grant replied. Charlie curled herself up on her bed. Locking her arms around her legs. "Charlie, your bus is here" Ross shouted up Charlie wiped the tears from her face. Shakily she rose to her feet. "I'm not going" Charlie said. Using all her strength in not crying "Charlie, get down here now. You're not missing school. Not after that party you went to" Charlie's tears fell down her face again. the mention of the party took her right back there. For the next few days Charlie tried to get out of going to school. Saying she had a cold, a stomach bug. But nothing worked. Ross was having none of it. Four months after the party, another party was organized Charlie was handed a flier, and immediately froze. "Charlie? What's wrong?" James asked "How long ago was your last party?" Charlie asked "Three, no wait, four months ago. Why?" James asked Charlie had tears streaming down her face. She turned and ran out of school. Sitting on the floor in the bathroom at her house, she stared intensely at the pregnancy test in front of her. I'm fourteen. How? Why? Charlie thought to herself. Two minutes had gone by, but it felt like two hours. Holding her shaky hand out to the test, she saw it. Two lines confirming her pregnancy. Charlie vomited when she thought of how she got pregnant. Grant forcing her to the bed, Slapping her when she said no, Forcing her to do something she didn't want to do. The memory of Charlie telling him this made Angelo more determined to get Hans. The beach from the bay disappeared from the mirrors and were replaced by dense bushes on either side. The lights on the side of the road were the only indication of the road itself. Eventually Angelo found the street he wanted. Grabbing the gun from its sheath, he looked out of the window. It looked like the building that Charlie lost her life in. Thinking of Charlie, he reached for the picture of her Angelo had in his wallet. "I'm doing this for you babe" Angelo said as he kissed the picture. Angelo ascended the stairs with his gun held in front of him. Looking around for clues or a sign of Gary/Hans or whatever his name was. Angelo looked down a small corridor. He walked slowly up to it, trying to make little sound. He outstretched his hand an opened the door.........
callyha Posted May 30, 2010 Report Posted May 30, 2010 Thank you to ~Jarliefanever~, Danni02 and RR1 for the comments! Flashback a note Chapter 33 The door banged against the wall. Dust fell from the roof as the force caused a vibration up the wall. Angelo cautiously walk in to the room. He looked in all, the rooms, masking his nose and mouth from the smell. When he was sure no one was in the apartment, he lowered his weapon. The flickering street lamp outside made something glisten on the floor in the room where Angelo was. Grabbing his torch, Angelo looked for a light switch. after feeling about on the wall, Angelo eventually found the switch. The light flickered on revealing a wall full of pictures. Angelo felt sick to his stomach when he saw who was in the picture. "Charlie" Angelo whispered. Walking along the wall, Angelo looked at every picture on the wall. He stopped at the picture where a hole in the wall was. Taking the picture off the wall, he saw droplets of blood on the wall. "What the hell?" Angelo asked as he looked at the floor. He saw a puddle of blood. Panicking, he took a final look at everything in front of him. He then saw the note. Charlie Buckton has ruined my life. She has accused me of raping her. I never touched her. She lied to cover up her careless mistake. Charlie has a daughter she claims is mine. Her daughters name is R.... "Oh my god" Angelo said as he rushed out of the apartment "Ruby". ************ "Hi Colleen, can I get the toasted bagel please" Nicole asked Colleen looked spaced. "Colleen?" Nicole repeated "What?" Colleen asked "You ok? Nicole asked "I'm not sure. Angelo and two officers were fighting earlier, and poor Ruby ran out of here" Colleen told Nicole. Nicole turned around and walked out of the diner. Grabbing her phone she rang Ruby. "It hurts so much" Ruby cried "I know, I know" Nicole said as she held the grieving teen in her arms "I want her back. Nicole, I want her back" Ruby cried even harder. Nicole felt helpless. Her friend had just lost her mum. How could anyone cope? Nicole said nothing. She let Ruby cry out for her mother and she cradled Ruby in her arms "Ruby its Nicole, look, if you get this, could you ring me back. Please" ********** I walked into the diner. The atmosphere was enough to kill the dead -and I should know. I walk in to the kitchen. Colleen is unusually quiet for her. What the hell happened? I wonder to myself. "Hello?" Kelly said as she stood at the cash register "Hi, sorry love" Irene said "What can I get you?" "I don't suppose you know where Angelo is do you?" Kelly asked "Last time we saw him, he stormed out of here and drove off. Why?" "He came to the station earlier, and read a file on the computer, then he forgot to take Riley with him" I looked at Kelly. She has Riley in his car seat on the floor. Why would Angelo forget his son? I disappear. Something got to Angelo. What ever was on that screen. ********* I appear in the office. The computer hasn't been touched. I move the mouse. The screen shows an address. "Oh crap" Preview: Can Angelo find Hans before Hans finds Ruby? Can Charlie save her family from a devastating secret she never told anyone? Can Colleen figure out where her keys are?
callyha Posted May 30, 2010 Report Posted May 30, 2010 Thank you for the comments, Flashback Chapter 34 The wind blew around the body that lay on the ground. No one knew that the body was there. Hair swept across the girls face, and a tear fell from her eye. A light came on beside the girl's body. A phone, which bleeped indicating a message. *********** I look around the apartment. An apartment I knew too well. I saw the pictures. The pictures of me and Grant. I remembered when they were taken. I remember feeling so lucky in having a boyfriend who loved me. Who respected me. If only I knew what would happen. "Hey babe, Gary wants to take our picture before we turn 20" Grant said to the door that hid Charlie "Alright, I'm coming" Charlie said as she opened the door. "Whoa" Grant said as Charlie emerged wearing a silver dress "You like?" Charlie asked "I love" Grant smiled "We are going to win that title for sure". Charlie and Grant stood close to each other. Posing for the picture they would enter in the competition for 'Best Dressed' at their school dance. We looked so happy. And we were. Charlie put the picture down and walked over to the picture that was taken the day of when it happened. Charlie shook with fear as she looked at Grant. "Come on, just smile" Grant said as he pulled Charlie to the wall "Grant, I'm not in the mood. I just want to go home" Charlie said "We said we were going to the party, And we are" Grant said forcefully. Charlie held back tears. Grant walked into the bathroom and shut the door. A smile swept across his face when he looked in the mirror. Opening the medicine cabinet, he reached for a box of condoms that were at the back. My life crumbled after that night. ****************************** Angelo ran back into the diner "Has anyone seen Ruby?" He called out "No, Why?" Irene asked "Look, if you see her, keep her her and tell her to call me" Angelo said, before running back out. Irene and Leah shared a worried look. "Colleen? Can you keep things going here? Jackie and Sarah are here as well to help" Irene said. Leah and Irene followed Angelo out of the diner. "Split up, if you see her, call Angelo" Irene said. Leah and Irene headed for their cars. ********************* I sat on the floor. This room contained my life from been fourteen years old until I was sixteen. All the pictures told my story. I thought it was over, but its not. Angelo and Ruby will find out anyway. Ruby will be crushed. ************************* After driving around for what seemed hours, Leah pulled over and thought to herself. Her eyes widened when she thought. "Irene?" Leah said sown the phone when Irene answered "She's at Charlie's grave" Leah said. "I'll go there, you ring Angelo" **************************** Ruby awoke. She looked at the phone laying beside her. Not been able to bring herself to listen to the message, she switched her phone off. "Mum" Ruby whispered ********************** I hear a whisper. It pulls on me, like a magnet. I follow. There she is. My baby. *********************************
callyha Posted May 31, 2010 Report Posted May 31, 2010 Thanks for the comments! especially Danni02 and ~JarlieFanEver~ Chapter 35 I look at Ruby sitting there. She looks so lost. She's playing with her phone. Something she always did when she was deep in thought. I remember the last time she was like this. It was when she found out I was her mother. All her life was a lie. I never understood it from her point of view at first. All I saw was my point of view. How I was affected. How it all happened to me. I never once thought how Ruby was affected. It wasn't until Angelo spoke to me soon after. Angelo. He is such a good man. He never changed when I told him about Ruby. He loves Ruby like his own. Something I will always love about him. I sit next to Ruby. Sitting on your own grave is one of the most unnatural things you could possibly do. "I miss you so much. I just want you back" Ruby cried as she put her hand on my tombstone. It was heartbreaking to watch. We were so close before I died. "It hurts so much. And Angelo knows where he is. The guy who killed you. And he kept it from me. How could he?" Angelo didn't know. I wanted to tell her. But I couldn't. There was no way. Ruby's phone rang. It was Angelo. Ruby looked at the screen. Pressing cancel, Ruby stood up. A figure stood looking at the grieving girl. Watching her every move. Following her as she wandered back and forth. Ruby calm down. I say, but to no avail. She can't hear me. I hear a twig break. Ruby doesn't flinch. I look closer. S***. Its him ************ Angelo was getting worried now. Ruby wasn't answering, Hans/Gary or whatever he calls himself had gone and Angelo had no idea where to look. He knew Leah had a hunch on where Ruby was, and that made his slightly calmer. But it still didn't help. Hans/Gary was the man who killed his wife. He was the man who has a connection with Charlie's past. He was the answer to a lot of unanswered questions. Sitting in the patrol car, Angelo tried to piece together what he had. Hans was the name the guy used to find work. Gary was his birth name. Hans was the name the hostages used when they were pleading for their lives. Gary was the one who took all those pictures. Gary Tedman Hans Keller. Angelo wrote the two names down. 'Grant Yedma' Angelo looked at the map in his car. Yedma was the town where Charlie lived when she was 14.........
callyha Posted June 1, 2010 Report Posted June 1, 2010 Thank you so much for the comments! Chapter 36 The man watched as the girl walked away from the grave. She never looked back. Even when he stood on a twig. An evil smile swept across his face. He edged closer. WELCOME TO YEDMA POPULATION 650 Angelo drove slowly through the small town. Recognizing none of his surroundings. Charlie had never told him the whereabouts of anything in the town, just that she lived there. Driving passed an on-duty officer, Angelo pulled over and got out of the car. Loitering at his car, trying to figure out what he was going to say. "Can I help you sir?" The officer asked ah he approached Angelo "Erm, yea you can. I'm Sargent Rosetta from Yabbie Creek police station, and I'm working on a case, and was wondering if I could look through records of old cases" Angelo said. Not blaming the officer if he was turned down. "What case? If you don't mind me asking" The officer nosed in "The murder of a colleague" Angelo said, hoping that would help "Of course" The officer said. Angelo smiled to himself. ****************** Ruby walked along the path near the cemetery. Even at 16, the graveyard still sent chills down her back. I follow Ruby. He's following. I don't want Ruby to find out this way. I halt. Causing a cold gust of wind, Ruby quickens her pace. I turn to face him. He has also quicken his pace. I have to stop him. I look at his belt. I see the blade that pierced my skin. My heart stops beating. -Ironic I know- I shake with fear. I've never been able to handle the physics of grabbing an item like that. All I've grabbed so far are tissues and keys. Speaking of which, I'd better return Colleen's. I look over my shoulder. I can only just see Ruby. She's walked into the bus station. She's safe. For now. I look back at him. His eyes are fixated on the spot where he saw Ruby. That does it! I reach to his belt. I grab the handle of the blade. The very knife that took my life. I hold the weapon in my hands. Anger and happiness sweep over me. He looks at the blade hovering in front of him. He looks like he's seen a ghost. I edge closer to him, holding the blade out in front of me. He takes a step backward. I take one more step. Shaking with fear, he turns and runs. I watch as he runs. Like a scared little boy. *Three hours later* Angelo had read through some old case files. Most had Ross Bucktons name on. A warm smile appears on Angelo's face. "What's that for?" the officer asked as he noticed the smile "Its, just nice to see that my colleague followed in her dad's footsteps" Angelo replied "Charlie Buckton? She became a police officer?" The officer asked "You seem surprised" Angelo said "Well, its just, Charlie was such a good little girl, then one day, she turned, never the same again. She hardly went to school, abused her body, then eventually she ran away. It tore Ross and Elsie's heart out. then about a year later, she came back." the officer remembered "What was she like after that?" Angelo asked "Quiet. Not Charlie at all. And then when she was introduced to Ruby, her little sister, it was as if she was jealous" Angelo didn't want to fill the officer in with the correct details. It was obvious that no one in the town knew the truth. "Can you remember anything else?" Angelo asked "Three months after she came back, everything was the way it was before. But then there was a bit of trouble at the school where she went" "Where is the school?" Angelo asked "Half an hours drive north" "What happened?" "Two brothers were accused of drug dealing in the school, and a friend of Charlie's informed us, but blamed Charlie. It was a mess, poor Ross wanted to moved his family, but the community wanted him to suffer. It wasn't until they left that people realized Charlie was innocent" "What were the names of the brothers?" Angelo asked "Grant Bledcoe. And Gary Hans Tedman" "Why have the different names?" Angelo asked "Gary said he wanted to change it to Tedman so that he would always remember where he grew up" The phone rang. "Officer Ripley. Yes. When? I'm on route" The officer hung up. "I'm sorry, I gotta go, will you be alright?" "Yea" Angelo replied. Angelo continued reading. Marcus Allan Grant Bledcoe Charlie Buckton Hannah Drystone Gary Hans Tedman POSSESSION OF: Cocaine; Marijuana Hannah Drystone's statement 15/9/1995 Grant, Gary and Marcus asked me to cover for them. I didn't want to, but they said that they would tell my parents about me sleeping with my boyfriend. So, they came to me at lunch saying they needed to use my locker to store a couple of things. I knew what they were as soon as I saw them. I hated what they did to people. My brother died for a cocaine overdose. So I came to you right after school and told you everything. When the raid took place, Grant and Gary cornered me. It terrified me. I panicked and told them that Charlie had called the police. I never meant for everything else to happen, I was scared. Grant Bledcoe's statement 15/9/1995 Never seen the stuff. Not mine. Never talked to Hannah before in my life. Charlie and I broke up a year ago. She cheated on me. Broke my heart. I would never do something like this to Charlie. I still care for her. Gary Hans Tedman's Angelo couldn't read anymore. He felt sick. Charlie had been through enough with the rape but now it turns out something else happened. 'I have to get this guy' Angelo thought to himself. ********************** NEXT CHAPTER PREVIEW Angelo uncovers what happened to Charlie after the drugs bust Ruby's reaction to the news devastates Charlie Riley has gone missing??
callyha Posted June 5, 2010 Report Posted June 5, 2010 Thank you to everyone who has commented I really appreciate it Chapter 37 Sitting in front of the TV to watch her favourite show, Kelly remember to keep the volume low. Riley fell asleep quickly, but could wake up quickly too. "Seven forty-five" Kelly said to herself as she looked at the clock. **************** "Ruby!" Leah said as she drove passed the running girl. Ruby stopped and turned. Leah got out of her car. "What's the matter?" Leah asked as she rushed to Ruby's side "Angelo. He knew all along who killed mum. He knew all along and he never told me. I'm her daughter! I deserve to know!" Ruby sobbed. "Ruby, Ruby, listen. He didn't. Angelo had no idea." "What?" Ruby asked through her tears. "Two officers came into the diner and Angelo confronted them, he ran off and we haven't seen him since" "That makes no sense" Ruby said "The officers followed him, but never caught up with him. They think he went to where they believed the guy was living" "The guy who killed mum?" Ruby asked, gaining control over her sobs. "Look, get in the car, we'll go back to mine and call Angelo from there" Leah said. Ruby nodded and followed Leah to the car. ********************** Kelly went to check on Riley after half an hour. Kelly remembered Charlie say that Riley would always fall into a deep sleep after 30 minutes. "Eight fifteen" Kelly said asked she closed the door to the room where Riley was. A figure climbed through the window. The figure hid behind the plant in the front room. Waiting for the woman to descend from upstairs ********************* ""Kelly has Riley at her place, Angelo hasn't been in contact with anyone and Georgina and Miles are on their way to Yedma" Leah said as she brought Ruby a coco. "Yedma?" Ruby said "Yea. You heard of it?" Leah asked "We used to live there, before we moved away" "When did you move?" Leah asked "I think I was two" Ruby said "Why did you leave?" Leah asked "Dad always said it was because of his job, but I think it was more than that. Mum always seemed distant" Ruby remembered. ********************** Angelo sat in his car. The statements of Grant, Gary and Hannah racing through his mind. He couldn't piece it together. None of it. He took his wallet out of his pocket and took out the family picture. He looked at Charlie, lovingly placing his finger on her face, he then looked in her arms. "S*** Riley!" Angelo shouted. Starting the engine, Angelo raced out of Yedma. **************** Kelly walked back down the stairs. She fell to the ground. Blood trickled down her face. The figure dropped the candle stick next to Kelly's lifeless body. He looked up the stairs. An evil smile swept across his face. ****************** Back at the police station in Yedma, Officer Ripley walked in to find the papers still out. "The little bastard" He said to himself. Picking up the papers, he placed them back in the files. One piece of paper dropped to the floor. "What the?"Officer Ripley said as he looked at the worn paper. Bending down, he picked the paper up. He read. His mouth opened and his eyes widened when he realized the truth was with the police all along.......
callyha Posted June 6, 2010 Report Posted June 6, 2010 Thank you again for commenting! Chapter 38 Driving at speed, Angelo couldn't believe that he had forgotten about his own son. It had to have been a couple of days since he last saw his son. ************* Riley slept soundly as he was carried down the stairs. Blood stained the carpet from Kelly's head wound. The man looked at Kelly and laughed. Heading out the door, the man headed for summer bay ******************** I watch as Leah takes care of my baby. My little Ruby. But, where's Riley? I listen to the conversation between Leah and Ruby. I hear nothing. Where's my son? Where's my husband? I leave. *************** Angelo reached Kelly's house. He saw her laying in a pool of her own blood. "Kelly!" Angelo shouted as he rushed to her side. Kelly moaned as Angelo turned her over. "Riley" Kelly murmured "We need to get you to a hospital" Angelo said "Riley's gone" Kelly said breathlessly "What?" Angelo said Kelly didn't answer. She slipped out of consciousness. Angelo picked Kelly up and took her to his car. On the way to the hospital, Angelo rung Leah to tell her Riley had been taken. ********************* Leah, Ruby, Irene, Colleen, Miles, Romeo, Nicole and most of the bay went out searching. ***************** The man watched from afar how the community pulled together. "Only one person needs to find you young man" The man said to Riley. Who was still asleep. ******************* Charlie stood in her house. Looking around for something that would indicate where people were. That's when she saw it. The paper that said Yedma. Charlie then realized that her past, would come back to get her. Even though she was dead. "Gary" She whispered. Staring at the darkness outside, Charlie disappeared *********************** "We've done a CT scan and its shown no damage to her brain, she just has a slight concussion, and a wound that'll need some stitches" The doctor told Angelo. "Good, look, I know this is gonna sound really rude, but could you tell her that I hope she gets better, and I'll she her later" Angelo turned and ran out of the hospital. He drove back to the bay. ************ Gary walked up the path at Charlie and Angelo's house. Breaking the window to get in, he made himself at home. Waiting for Angelo to return. ************** CHAPTER PREVIEW Will Angelo see his son alive again? What happened 14 years ago? And will Charlie be back?
callyha Posted June 8, 2010 Report Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks Sarah and Danni for the comments Flashback Chapter 39 With Ruby safe in the company of friends, Angelo knew that he could focus on finding his son. How could I forget about him? Angelo thought. If Charlie was alive, Angelo would have been hit by now. Angelo had a million and one things running through his mind. Gary has a connection with Charlie. Was that hostage situation planned to trap Charlie? What did Charlie do when she was younger? Angelo's conversation with Officer Riley still went through his mind. And still no one knew the truth. Angelo thought that he had to find a way to make it right. *** "Ruby's first birthday is tomorrow Charlie" Michelle said as she brought the teen a drink "I know" Charlie replied, looking at the glass "Are you going to see her?" Michelle asked Charlie never answered. Instead she played with her cuticles. "Charlie, I know how hard it is for you, but you can't let that boy ruin the rest of your life. There's Ruby to think about" Michelle said as she rested her hand on top of Charlie's "I know its not her fault. It will never be her fault. I just don't want to look at her and see him" Charlie sobbed "Is that what you saw after you had her?" Michelle asked as she watched her niece. "No. When they showed me her, I saw mum, dad and a small piece of me" Charlie said, with a small smile. "If you didn't see it then, then you won't see it now" Michelle said "I've been away for too long, she wont know me" Charlie said "That may be the case, but if you don't try, you'll always wonder what could have happened" *** Riley was still asleep. Gary stared at the boy. "You look so much like your mother. Don't worry, it wont last" Gary turned and walked away. Heading toward a black door, Gary opened it and stepped in. Pictures of Charlie at 14, 15 and 16 were up on the wall. Some were with Grant, some were with Gary , some were all three of them and others were just Charlie. Gary looked at one of the pictures. It was one of all three of them. Charlie was stood in front of Grant, Grant rested his head on her shoulder and had his hands around her waist. Gary stood closely next to Charlie, gazing at the 14 year old's smile. That was the last picture of all three of them together. *** Angelo pulled up outside an apartment block. The same on where he had once been. Switching the engine off, Angelo grabbed his gun and headed across the road to the same room. Creeping slowly as he ascended the stairs, he looked over his shoulder and then forward again. Nothing was going to keep his away. *** Gary sat in the room. Remembering how close he and Grant were. They told each other everything. "What's the full story?" Gary asked "What?" Grant asked "Charlie wanted to wait. The would be no way she'd cave. What really happened?" Gary asked Grant said nothing. Looking into Grant's eyes, Gary asked "Did you force yourself on her?" "What's it to you?" Grant asked "If you forced yourself on her and she didn't want it, that's rape" Gary told Grant "Ok, I didn't rape my girlfriend" Grant replied "Then what happened?" "Charlie told me that her parents had no idea she came to the party. I told her that was amazing of her to lie to her mum and dad to be with me. Then I said, 'what would be more amazing is if we slept together'. Thats when she said she wanted to be older" "And that's where you should have left it!" Gary shouted "I asked her three times to sleep with me. She said no all three times. What the hell was I supposed to do?" "Wait for Charlie to be ready. You don't rape her!" "I told you I didn't rape her!" Grant shouted back "Then how did you get her to sleep with you?" "Once we were on the bed, I laid next to her, then on top of her and before we knew it.." *** Angelo stood near the door. Hoping that it was the right door. But also hoping, he had the upper hand. *** Gary ran. The figure behind him gain speed. Blood trickled down the faces of both men. Gary ran round a corner. The man followed. Gary turned around to face the man. The man edged closer. The two men glared into each others eyes. *** "I was raped" Charlie sobbed "What?" Ross shouted. Elsie covered her mouth in horror Charlie couldn't speak. She shook as she remembered. "When did this happen" Ross shouted again "Ross calm down, can't you see she's terrified?" "Four months" Charlie whispered Ross and Elsie looked at their teenage daughter "What?" they asked "Four months" Charlie repeated Elsie froze. "Why didn't you tell us sooner?" Ross spoke after minutes of silence "I was scared. Confused. I didn't know how to tell" Charlie spoke "My baby girl" Elsie said as she sat down next to Charlie, who fell into her mother's arms and cried *** "The baby arrives in five weeks. What the hell are we supposed to do?" Ross said "I have no idea. We've got this far haven't we? No one seems suspicious yet. We'll keep going with this" "I can't help but feel I'm to blame" Ross said "We'll if you, as an officer, would take Charlie to the station, maybe, just maybe we could help our daughter" "There is no evidence left. It'll be her word against his" "We have to do something. Our daughter is up there, suffering in silence!" Shouting was all that could be heard from outside the Buckton household. People gossiped about what was going on. "I heard their 'perfect daughter' turned to alcohol" "Really? I thought she brought a guy home her parents didn't approve of" "They aren't good enough reasons to put Ross and Elise through what that girl has put them through. Charlie has dropped out of school, let herself go, I mean, have you seen the size of her now?" The women stood looking at the Buckton house from one woman's porch. Shaking their heads in disgust. Charlie sat on her bed. She looked down at her bulging stomach. She hated how it became. But liked smiling when the baby kicked. Each kick, was a small bubble of love. "But not that kick" Charlie said as she winched in pain. "Oh my god, Mum!" Before leaving the house, Charlie was told to try and walk properly. Easier said than done. The front door opened and Charlie saw the women across the street look. Using all her strength, Charlie walked toward the car. *** Ruby was now 18 months. Charlie had a little sister. Ross and Elsie had a second daughter. "I can't believe Charlie dares to show her face. She treat her parents like dirt" "And whilst Elsie was pregnant" **** Charlie walked down the corridor at school. Ignoring the comments the school children made behind her back. 'Just get through the day Charlie. Just get through the day' The bell had gone at the end of the day. Charlie remained in her seat until all the kids had cleared the room. Charlie walked back down the corridor to her locker. A noise stopped her. Charlie turned to look over her shoulder. The noise was louder. Charlie followed the sound..... NEXT CHAPTER Angelo gets answers Riley gets Charlie back And Ruby's reaction is heard...
callyha Posted June 9, 2010 Report Posted June 9, 2010 Thank you so much for commenting! Flashback Chapter 40 Look around you. You see them everyday. Mothers. Any mother will tell you that they can always hear their baby cry. Any time of day, if their baby cried, a mother would hear it. Riley stood in the room where he had been left. Rocking on his feet as he tried to stay balanced. Poor little man, only 17 months old. **** Angelo stared into the evil eyes of the man who took Charlie away from him. The man who took a mother away from her daughter and son. Gary looked into Angelo's eyes. Pain, sorrow and rage filled them. "So what you gonna do to me?" Gary asked, "Nothing" Angelo replied "What? Gary asked, stunned "You've chased me for long enough, why the change of heart?" "I'm not like you" Angelo said "Aren't we? We both have met Charlie, we know what she is really like. Jumps from bed to bed, sleeps with any man" Gary said "She is not like that" Angelo shouted "Wasn't she? I heard about Roman, Hugo, Joey? quick work for someone who had only been in the bay for a few months" "First, Roman and her dated for ages. Second, Hugo was a one night stand and third, Joey was a mistake" "Whatever. You never knew her when she was younger. Did she ever tell you what happened?" "About what Grant Bledcoe -your brother- did to her when she was 14?" Gary's expression changed. "Not sao tough now are ya?" Angelo said "He told me nothing happened" "And you believed him?" "He's my brother!" Gary shouted "She was my wife. You killed her. No reason behind it." "I had reason!" Gary shouted. Turning away, Gary started to walk off. Angelo grabbed Gary and threw him to the floor. "Why? Why did you kill her?" Charlie had followed the noise to a door at the end of the corridor. 'I'm too much like my dad' Charlie thought to herself. No more noise could be heard. Charlie nearly turned around and walked off. But something was telling her to look back. To open the door and see what was going on. Reaching out for the door knob, Charlie turned it and opened the door. Been so slim, Charlie was able to squeeze through the small opening she had made. Charlie walked quietly across the floor to the edge of the room. A light came through the window. Charlie walked up to the window, moved the curtain slightly. Gary, Grant, Hannah and Marcus were stood in the room. Two other kids were in there, but Charlie didn't know their names. "Get up you worthless s***" Grant said to Sam Sam quivered on the ground "I said get up!" Grant shouted. As he did, he kicked Sam in the abdomen Charlie looked away when she saw the reaction in Sam's face. He's hurting people again. "I told you, we don't know where it is!" Jake said as he looked down at Sam "I can keep doing this until you say where you put it. I told you to get it for me" "You'd better tell him." Gary said, trying to sound mean Sam looked at Jake through his bruised eyes. Jake could see the pain. "Ok fine. I'll give you it" Jake walked over to the window. He pulled the wood away from the wall to reveal bags of white powder. "That's better!" Grant said, before walking over to the wall, he kicked Sam one last time. Marcus and Gary smiled. Hannah looked scared. "Give it" Grant demanded. Terrified, Jake handed the bags over to Grant. "Hannah. We need your locker" Grant said "No way in hell are you keeping that stuff in my locker" Hannah said as she pointed at the bags "If you don't, I'll tell your parents about you and Nicky" Hannah swallowed hard "Fine" Hannah, Grant, Gary and Marcus headed for the door. Charlie ran back the way she came. *** As the opened Hannah's locker, Grant, Gary and Marcus made a pact to never say about how they got the bags. Hannah had gone to the bathroom. Crying. Charlie walked out of the cubical. She'd been in their listening to Hannah cry. "Oh god, you scared me" Hannah said as she turned to face Charlie "Sorry" Charlie replied "Hey. Didn't you used to be fat?" Hannah asked "What made you ask that?" Charlie wondered "Well, cos when you can to school last year, you never, you never, you were fat" "I wasn't fat" Charlie said "Could've fooled me. The amount you ate and the size of your belly gave it away" Hannah said as she looked at Charlie's -now flat- stomach "I wasn't fat" Charlie said again. "Yea, you tell yourself that. Anyway, why did you cheat on Grant?" Hannah asked "What?" Charlie asked, shocked by the question and sicken by the name "Yea, it was all around school, but you been fat and all, you probably didn't her much" "I never cheated on him. He, he, he caused our break-up" Charlie said, wanting to tell Hannah the truth, but been too afraid of the consequences "Whatever. Look, what the hell are you still doing here?" Hannah asked "I left a book" "In the bathroom?" "No in my locker, but when I got to my locker, I needed to got to the bathroom" "Don't need your life story. It's boring. Look, if you see Grant and those guys, tell 'em I've gone home, and I wont say anything" Charlie looked at Hannah "Aren't you gonna ask me what its about?" Hannah asked, puzzled as to why Charlie wasn't fishing for answers. "No. It's too boring" Charlie said THE FOLLOWING DAY "Police? Look, I know where some drugs are been stored. They're at my school. I'm so worried" *** The police raided each room and locker in the school until they found the stash. "How the hell do they know about it?" Grant asked his group of friends Hannah shook her head, hoping he wouldn't notice the guilt in her eyes. *** You know something!" Grant said to Hannah, as he and Gary forced her into a corner "No I don't I swear" Hannah said, terrified "You do!" Gary shouted Hannah looked back and forth into Gary and Grant's eyes. "Charlie Buckton" Hannah said as she closed her eyes. Gary and Grant looked at each other "What about her?" Grant asked "After I opened my locker, I went to the bathroom. I saw her in there. She made up some story about getting a book." "I bet she's done this a pay back" Gary said to Grant "What are you on about?" Hannah asked "Shut up! It doesn't concern you!" Grant said to Hannah. "Come on" Grant said to Gary. *** Charlie placed her bag in her locker. She looked up the corridor. She saw Grant and Gary walking towards her. Terrified, she slammed her locker shut, and ran. Kids in the hall looked at what happened "Hey look, there goes the druggie!" Grant shouted. *** Riley sat on the floor. He looked up the wall at the pictures. "Mama" he said as he pointed at one. Flickers of white light appeared. A figure appeared in the light. *** Yes, if you look around you will see them. Mothers. Any mother will tell you that they can always hear their baby cry. Any time of day, if their baby cried, a mother would hear it. Even if, they were dead.
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