Pretty Wings (Paul Walker)

Ch. 10

                  

Hanna adjusted herself in her bed and tried her hardest to get some sleep. It was her first night being home after being in the hospital for almost two weeks. Both she and her baby girl were hanging in there and she was already obsessed with how strong her daughter was proving to be. Yawning, she turned on her side and shut her eyes. Finally, she was able to find rest and get more than a couple of minutes of sleep. Cheryl had moved in with Hanna to make sure that she didn't overdue anything, since she was on bedrest. All of a sudden this loud banging noise sounded, which could have waken the whole neighborhood. She could hear Cheryl downstairs asking what the problem was, so she decided to ease out of bed and see for herself what the matter at hand was. As soon as her toe touched the last step, the police officer was in her face.

"Hanna Walker, you are under arrest for the murder of your husband Paul Walker."

Hanna checked out after hearing that she was under arrest for something that she didn't do.

"Murder? She wouldn't do something like this unhand her right now."

"Sorry mam, but there is too much evidence against her. I'm just doing my job," he said rough housing Hanna.

"You are so lucky that you are a cop or I would have your head on a platter for handling my daughter like this. For goodness sakes she's pregnant!"

"With all due respect mam, I could care less."

"What about my son," Hanna asked.

"He is to be placed into the care of Vanessa Carter until further notice."

Both Cheryl and Hanna's heads snapped up.

"What? You can't do this please leave him in the care of this woman right here."

"Sorry mam, but by law she is the next of kin."

"Then give him to my father."

"That's not how this works mam."

Hanna dropped to her knees and started to cry. The officer looked annoyed and grabbed her hair ready to pull her up, but Cheryl sent him a nasty look before getting on her knees to be eye level with Hanna.

"Don't you worry about a thing Han. I'm going to call Vin and see if he can't get this cleared up ok."

She wiped the tears off of Hanna's face and helped her stand.

"I know you didn't do this," she whispered into her ear. "But trust me I will find whoever did do this."

***

Vanessa knocked on the door to Hanna's house with a smirk on her face. She knew that the brat was already locked up and wasn't coming home for a while. The door creaked open and Cheryl scoffed before walking away.

"Where is my grandson?"

"My grandson is eating. So you'll have to wait until he's done."

"Where's Hanna," Vanessa asked fake concerned.

"You are a piss poor excuse for a mother do you know that?"

"How so?"

Cheryl shrugged her shoulders.

"I just find it interesting that none of us knew that Hanna was guilty of anything and bam last night she gets arrested and you're already appointed legal guardian of a baby that you can't stand."

"That's where you're wrong. Hanna kept that baby from me, and I am her mother so it's not my fault the courts saw fit to put him with me."

"That's bullshit and you know it. Who did you have to screw this time around?"