29 May 2012
Chapt 6, part 2,
When it finally did, he looks at me with sparkling eyes and says, 'You ok?' I nod even though I know I'm not. 'Then why are you up at three in the morning with a bruised head, a tear-stained face and a twisted ankle?' he continues. God this guy knows how to make me talk. I tell him everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. About mums fringe and drinks, dad beating us, starving us, about little Lily locked away somewhere in a trunk and about how I escaped out the window. He just watched me the whole time. When I am finished he says, 'We better go to the cops' I nod slowly. He takes my hand and leads me away. 'Just one question for you' I say, 'Why are YOU up at 3 in the morning?' 'Paper rounds' he says quickly and looks away. I knew he was not telling the truth. He has no bag or papers. And I've seen paper rounds being done at 6:30 not three. There is something he's not telling me and I intend to find out what...
We arrive at the police station after half an hour of walking. I find out the boys name is Jack. We wait in the waiting room whilst a couple cry to the officer behind the desk about a lost dog. 'Please officer!' the lady wails, 'Please find our baby!!' and with that, she is led out the door by a rather unconcerned husband. The officer looks at me. 'What the hell has happened here!!?' He practically screams. I walk over to the desk and let Jack tell him everything. I just sob. The policeman nods and I can tell he believes us. 'We are going to need you to show us the exact location of the house Jack' he says, 'You, Martha are going to hospital' I shake my head. 'No! I cant! I have to find Lily!!' I scream at him. 'Thats OUR job miss Coot' he says to me as I am forced into an ambulance. I scream. 'NO!!!!' I yell, 'You'll take her away from me!!! Please!!' But nobody hears me apart from Jack who squeezes my hand and tells me everything will be ok. If only I knew he was right...
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