Alignments

Chapter 8

"I'm sorry, ma'am but there's nothing we can do."

"But I have everything written out here. We have tax information, letters of recommendations, we even have credit history and...."

"Ma'am, that's all great, but there's no way we can take you through the adoption process." Esther flipped through the papers.

"But everything's here. Just please. Maybe there's someone I could talk to or..." The worker put her hand over Esther's to calm her down.

"I'm so sorry. If there was something we could do, we'd do it in a second. There's no one more deserving to take in a child than you. That little girl would be lucky."

"Then what happened?" Esther sat down.

"I can't..."

"Please, don't run me away like everyone else. I need answers. I need to know why they won't let my husband and I apply to get her. We found her, she deserves a loving family." Esther felt tears come to her eyes. "I see her all the time with different families in the city who I know for a fact aren't taking care of her. Did you know her hair is shorter? That means they're not combing it or washing it. One of her foster parents goes to my church and they don't dress her nicely. They have name brand things and look amazing while my baby is walking around in wrinkly hand me downs. It's not right. She doesn't deserve this." The woman looked at Esther. Her heart broke looking at the tears running down her face. "Just let me know why I can't get my baby girl." The worker sighed. She looked around and saw no one near her.

"Unfortunately, ma'am I am not able to share that information with you."

"Wh..."

"And now I have to go on my break."

"Excuse me. Your break?"

"Yep. It's very important that I have thirty minutes of peace in my car. It's the best because I park on the side of the building that overlooks the trees. No one ever parks there and more importantly, there aren't any cameras. So I can nap or talk to someone with my bosses knowing." She looked at Esther.

"I understand, ma'am. I'm sorry for bothering you." Esther gathered up her papers and stood up.

"No problem. I hope I was able to help." Esther got up and left the building. She went to her car and sat in her car for a second before pulling off. She circled the block and pulled in on the side of the building. Looking around, she parked her car to where the driver side lined up with the other car's driver side. Rolling her window down, she looked at the woman.

"So? What happened?"

"So, what's the update?" T sat down. "Big J said he dropped the bear claw and latte. How's that going?"

"The device has been installed and we managed to get into the house systems."

"Perfect."

"We can now hear phone calls, see emails, control the alarm system, and can now access the wireless cameras."

"Awesome, you guys are out doing yourself. How's the latte?"

"It's transmitting her location perfectly. She has not left the house in four days."

"Why?"

"When we accessed the cameras we saw this." One of the guys brought up a video.

"Rene, stop!" He threw her into the dresser. "Please!"

"Shut the hell up!" He picked her up and tried to slap her but she held his hands. Drawing her back, he slammed her back against the wall causing her to lose her grip. With extreme force, he slapped her across the face and she fell to the ground. She tried to crawl away and he snatched her by her leg. "Let's go." He walked out of the view of the camera.

"Where'd he go?" The guy switched to a different camera that was inside of the master bedroom.

"Rene, stop. I don't want to." He threw her in the bed and took his pants off. Before she could get off the bed, he slammed her back down and snatched her bottoms off.

"You don't turn me down. I own you, bitch."

"Ahhhhh!" Bloodshot screams came from the video.

Everyone looked away as the guy turned off the video. They sat in silence for a minute as the screen changed to black. "T, how do we move?" He bounced his leg and tapped his hand. "T?"

"Give me a minute." He took a deep breath. "Move it up."

"What?" They all looked at him.

"Move it up. We move in two days." T stood up.

"Wait, wait. I thought we were waiting until next week."

"That was before we knew how bad it was. Know that we've seen how bad it is, we can't leave her there. My mother would never forgive me if I dragged my feet and that girl ended up dead. We move in two days."

"But..."

"WE MOVE IN TWO DAYS!" He banged his fist on the table. "Get everything together." T left out of the room and went to his office.

"So?"

"I moved up the schedule. We gotta get her out of there."

"Wh..how bad is it?"

"Bad." The man looked down. "I'm sorry, Walter."

"I knew Esther was protecting my feelings. I knew it."

"We're getting her, Walt. I promise. I personally will make sure of it." Walter held back his anger.

"What is he doing to my baby?"

"Walt, I..."

"What is he doing to her!" He sat up. T looked at him.

"It's so bad. We had to stop looking at the footage." Walter looked up at the ceiling and fought back tears.

"We could've had her. That damn woman stopped us from getting her and she went through all of that shit."

"Don't worry, mom has me on her too."

"When is she back in town?"

"She's visiting her daughter in about a month."

"I'm killing her the minute I see her." He stood up. "Keep tracking her and make sure you bring my baby back."

"I got you." Walter headed to the door. "Where are you going?"

"To talk to my wife." He stopped at the door and looked back at T. "You'll have all my guys at your disposal. Make sure you get them and all of their stuff."

"Yes, sir."

"It better go smoothly. Don't make me regret giving you this job."
"You won't. It's personal for our family too."

"Good." Walter left out and T picked up his phone.

"Hello."

"Mama."

"How is she? Is she okay? Did you guys get her out?"

"In two days, she will be safe and sound."

"Good. Good."

"Mom, what is your connection to this girl?"

"She's just someone that I couldn't save before, but I can now."

"What does that mean?"

"Just save her, Amaru."

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