#3 The Red, White and Chicago Blue

Chapter 11 "You'll Be Sorry"

Hannah got into her car and peeled out of the driveway. When they came to a stop light, she opened her window and aimed the gun at Donovan's head, firing every round and emptying her gun.

"LET MY MOTHER GO!"

As she went to continue the chase, her car stopped. She checked the gas meter and it was on E.

"Shit! Fucking god damn it!" She yelled.

***

Kim woke up to find herself in the backseat of Donovan's car. "LET ME GO!" She screamed.

He pulled over. "You shut your mouth." and slapped her across the face with a license plate.

Tears began to fall from her eyes. "Please, I'm begging you-"

"You don't know what's coming and you're not gonna like it."

"I have a husband and three kids. That man needs his wife and those kids need their mother."

"You should've thought about that before declining to speak with me."

"I was busy, I had work. I told you that. I'm begging you. Please just let me go. I'll give you money, what ever you want. I won't press charges, I'll let you get off."

"I don't fall for tricks from the CPD. My father told me to never do that. He knows what he's talking about."

"He's also been dead for twenty years."

"Have you ever seen New York? I hear it's a beautiful place in the morning."

"WHAT?!"

He duct taped her mouth shut and tied her hands together. She tried squirming free and he yelled at her.

"Stop moving bitch, I mean it!"

He pulled back onto the highway, heading for the back way to New York.

***

Back at the command center, Hannah was having a panic attack. "This isn't happening. This isn't happening. THIS ISN'T HAPPENING!"

"We'll find her. Don't worry." Ember said, rubbing her back.

"My mother has been abducted. By the time we find her, she'll be lying in a ditch somewhere. I can't have that on my conscious." She said, nearly in tears.

"We don't need anymore self blaming. You did what you could. You shot at his tires, the windows and even gave chase to his car."

"We found her last time, but that doesn't mean we're gonna find her this time! I can't lose anyone else I love! I just can't!"

Noah came over to her after she had sat down on the floor crying.

"We're gonna find her. There's already search crews out there, they've got his plate number and they are doing everything they can." He said, rubbing her back to try and soothe her.

"The next time I see my mother, she could be in a shallow grave or a body bag! You're not helping!" Hannah said as she looked at him with tear filled eyes.

Ashley sat next to them. "Mom would kill him before he kills her. He's not gonna get the chance, she'll have snapped his neck by then."

"We almost lost Nadia to this guy years ago! You need to shut up! We're probably gonna be nowhere near as lucky this time." Hannah yelled.

"You don't need to get mad and scream in my face!" Ashley yelled back.

Mariana stood over by Ember. "I'm so sorry for what they're going through."

Ember gave her a dirty look. "Stop pretending like you care."

"They're family too, of course I care."

"They're MY family. They never have been and never will be yours!"

"Why do you hate me so much?"

"Unless you're genetically related to me, you're not my sister. You need to quit acting like it."

"That's enough you two. Kim is missing and she's all we need to be concerned about right now. Both of you need to put your troubles aside for one damn minute." Sean spoke up to them.

Brayden was sitting at the long table in the center of the room, getting frustrated. He was making several expressions of angst, anger, sadness and pure frustration.

"What's with you?"

"Hannah, our mother is missing. How the hell do you think I'm feeling? By the time morning comes, we won't have a mother anymore. Did you even hear about what his sick ass father did to people?"

"I know what he did and god can only imagine what he's gonna do to her." She broke down and the tears started falling.

Adam had their wedding photo in his hands, holding back the tears as he looked at it.

"Daddy..." Hannah said through tears and she hugged him from behind.

He held her hand and squeezed it tight. "I hope to god we find her before it's too late."