The Job Offer

Chapter 4

I woke up, gasping for air, while Michael was as fast asleep beside me. I looked at my clock. It was 7am. I got up and got dressed. What was that!? I thought. That dream. Is Vincent actually innocent? There's only one way to find out.

"Ring...ring...ring..." No one would pick up. I rang again. Finally, he picked up.

"H-Hello?" asked Jeremy.

"Jeremy!" I said. "You have to come over!! I have something to tell you."

"Yeah, I'll be over s-soon. Sometimes, you worry me."

"I tend to worry a lot of people. See you in a few...!" I scrambled to the kitchen to fix some breakfast while I cleaned up. My apartment was a mess. I didn't want Jeremy to think I was a slob.

After a little cleaning, I heard Michael get out of bed.

"Good morning!" he exclaimed. "I heard you talking to someone."

"It was just Jeremy," I said, rubbing his head. He hugged me. "He's coming over soon, so, why don't you go get dressed?"

"Yeah!" He ran back to my bedroom.

After Michael and I finished cleaning the house perfectly, there was a knock on the door. It was Jeremy.

"H-Hey, Christin," he said, smiling. I pulled him in the house and set him on the couch. "What i-is going on!?"

"We can't kill Vincent!" I exclaimed. "There's no way we can! He's innocent, Jeremy. It's all Ennard's fault. Ennard only wants to be free in the streets from all of the madness he endured. They can both have a happy ending where they can realize none of this is their fault. Even if Vincent did kill those kids, it's not..!!"

"Christin, c-calm down! H-How do you know this!?"

"I had a dream about setting Vincent free! If we can remove Ennard from Vincent's body, he won't die and he can find a way to revive his lost children! This business can still go on and he can love again!!"

"I-I never thought about it like that. What if it's true? What if it's true that all of the children can be set f-free? Vincent will be okay a-and we can continue helping him do the things he l-loves to do! I love our i-ideas."

"So," said Michael, "my dad isn't a bad guy and I can see my siblings again? I can tell them how sorry I am for what I've done!!"

"What are we waiting for!?" I said. "Let's go save Vincent and free the children!!"

We got in my car and drove to the pizzeria.

"How will we do this?" asked Michael. "Distraction, maybe?"

"I-I'm a professional at that!" laughed Jeremy. "It's s-simple, really!"

"I thought we would just have a civil conversation!" I said, smiling. "I can make someone do whatever I want them to do with a conversation such as the ones I've used on my friends at high school! I've even been able to talk the principal into letting us have another homecoming dance! But hey, at this point, what's the best thing we can do when talking to a trapped father!?"

We made it to the pizzeria.

"Michael," I said, "you're still a child. Maybe it would be best for you to stay with the animatronics while I talk to your father? Things could get quite deadly. He might attack someone, and I would hate for that someone to be you. We've spend months trying to find you!"

"Okay," the boy said. "That's understandable."

"Go ahead and go to the party room. If we free Vincent, we'll make a noise from one of the cameras. Only you can come to see him. Don't mention it to ANY of the animatronics. They could kill him!"