Breathe

Getting Her Back

John's POV.

Beep. Beep. Beep. I lean over and turned my alarm clock off. I took my phone over the little table thing beside my bed where the lamp and alarm clock is on and looked at the time. 6:30 A.M. it read. I stretched and got up to go and get ready for work. Before I got into the shower I heard my phone going off. My wife wakes up to the sound and looks at me with this tired look. I go over to the table and look at who is calling me this early in the morning. It was a unknown number that I didn't recognize at all. I looked at my wife and slide my finger across the screen to answer it.

"Hello?" I say professionally because it could be business work.

"Is the John?" A man asked.

"Yes it is. Who is this?" I say.

"I'm calling you because I have your daughter. Yes, I have Haley. I've had her this whole time. Now you give me my money and I will give her back. No police at all. You come alone or with your family. No other. I will be watching you to make sure you don't do anything stupid. If you do I will kill her. Understood?" He demanded.

"Wait. What money? How do I know you have her?" I say worriedly.

By now I'm sitting on my bed with my wife beside me we are listening very carefully to what this man is saying.

"....Tiger.". He says

I hear a scream in the background on the phone. It was a familiar scream. It was my daughter. My Haley. Oh what are they doing to her. I hope she is okay and is staying strong.

"Don't hurt her! I will get you the money. Every bit of it. Okay?" I say scared of what they are doing to her.

"Good. You have a week. Call me on Saturday at 3:00 P.M. I will tell you where to go from there. By the way you should know how much money it is because you know me." He says.

After that he hangs up. I just put the phone down and try to think about who this dude was and how much money he wanted.

Tiger. No. It can't be. He is dangerous. I hope Haley is okay. I will get his money but he will pay for what he has done. Don't worry I'm getting her back. Two can play at this game.

I got my phone and called my best friend who lives in Georgia, Brian. He is Austin's dad. Austin is a good boy too. Wonder why him and Haley never dated.

"John? Hey. How have you been?" He asked.

"I've been doing good. Listen, can you do me a favor. Can you arrange me a meeting with Scott?" I asked.

"Scott? The sheriff. Why?" He questioned.

"Can you do it? I'll explain everything when I get there. I think I know where Haley is." I say.

"Yeah. When?" He says.

"As soon as possible. We are getting a flight back tonight. We should be there first the tomorrow morning. So I say tomorrow around 2:00." I say while packing a bag of clothes.

"Yes. I can see what I can do. Hopefully we can find her. She was a great kid." He says.

"Thank you." I say and hang up.

I can always count on him.

I told Isabelle to pack some clothes and call Ben. We are going back to Georgia because Haley wouldn't know that we all moved away. Let's just hope they didn't hurt my baby girl. I thought he was in prison but I guess he got out. He killed people I couldn't be in that group no more so I told. I only went to prison for a year then I got out and got my life together. Now he is back and wants the money but I turned it in. They didn't let me keep it. Once we get Haley back he will die. I'm getting the police but it will be secretive. He won't know what hit him.