Somewheere In Mexico

e hours ago?" Emma asked an elderly woman who had just stepped out of a ma

should ask the lady at the counter", the elderly wom

llowing closely behind. They approached the lady at the counter and greeted her in the c

ted the question to the lady behind the counter. She seemed to be busy with some calculations and took

old, black Chevrolet? Actually a lot of cars have gone by this morning

leave, disappointed whe

one earlier this morning.

e in the vehicle? And did you see the

e were more at the back. They took the path leading to Taconic State Pa

the information", and they

w", Emma said tug

just someone else?" Aiden whispered,

one of her usual disgusted looks at Aiden. Sometimes Aiden pissed her off but she jus

eir bikes and rode

*

Kinney was sweating profusely. He started taking off his jacket and unbuttoning his shirt. He neede

nge number. He exchanged glances with his wife for a second a

3 East 67th Street... Am

o get every detail of the call. Why not? Her three children were all missing at once and it was very unu

on the li

ort that your son, Marcus was abducted by some criminals. Have you seen

phone away from her husb

y kids, saying that they'd gone in search of their brother. Officer wh

e phone from his wife as

ut my children", he spoke in a tone that sh

o the station immediately? We nee

bing his keys and jacket and rushing out o

*

hey were gonna be spending the night outside in the wild and he laughed to himself. Their parents had never even l

m starving", he said and took a bi

Emma said, takin

Take another from your back

we're gon' be on the road. We have to b

y going to satisfy him and now he has to sh

re done eating, they both sat there for a while without saying a wo

was her responsibility to look after Aiden. After all, Aide

n mind what she was looking for. She peered hard a

and asked Aiden to follow suit. They

oor and an elderly wo

eads for the night? We promise to live a

ties wasn't convinced. What were kids their age do

side and let

re at this hour?" the aged woman

re your

to take in all he saw. She prob

e far end of the room an

icult for her and she deci

bikes all aro

peeking around w

go for a walk. We couldn't figure our way back since it's dark already. But we definitel

l across to your uncle so he can come get you?" The

ny phones on us

lpless children and showed them to a corner of t

lphones to really make the old woma

as soon fast asleep but Emma couldn't sleep the whole night. She just stayed

just sit around doing nothing. Our kids are out there in the middle of nowhere by t

are out there already. We have to wait for morning, then we'll think of what to do next.

Do you even realize what's going on? Our three kid

d drew her into his arms. She

e kids are at your mom's?. We can go check tha

opes that her kids were with her mom and that is wh

would insist on taking them back home and that would disrupt all their efforts. They felt really sorry

a chaotic scene just outside a grocery store. The cops were outside and a young woman was cryin

m? Marcus's abductors", Aiden called behind Emma who was

Please what went do

down at the two

all the money she....", he said pointing at the lady who

on her", he

h", Emma said and asked

e to the lady without being noticed and tried her best to listen in on their conversation. She

they take?" One o

eet. Looked like they were he

Aiden. They both mounted their bikes

was anxious to see her kids. She barely even slept at night and it was obvious because her eyes wer

he shower. In no time, he was out and dres

pe you're taking your medications?" Carla

ine. How're my babies? You didn't bring them along? Having th

are my babies'? Ain't they

nfused. She didn't

not kidding, are yo

came home yesterday to see a note saying that they, Emma and Aiden, had gone in search of Marcus. I'm confused. I thought it was a joke. Probably

Carla didn't wait for her mom to ask further questions before she

hing since his abduction. He was about to sleep off when Fregley

shaking vigorously. The blindfold he had on did

g? Thinking you're in your d

didn't have a slightest

I won't mention anything to anyo

o your family isn't an option. And hey", he said this, bending over to Marcus, "ha

. He had had his phon

black American accent. He was not a black b

nt on, tugging at the po

w, that had gotten Marcus into a bigger problem. Keith threw the cell phone across the room and it g

gesturing at Keith and Mackey, "bring hi

as still trying to get himself up while Keith chased after. Marcus had no idea where he was running to but he just kept on moving, regardless

nning by. He stopped just next to where Marcus lay. Marcus tried as much as possible not to make a sound. Fregley slowly started walking away and that was when Marcus got stung by an ant. He

called out to the others

vehicle. Keith quickly brought out a tranquilizer which was i

Aiden stood up from where he sat and started moving around, searching for nothing in particular. He made his way into the room Marcus had been locked. N

here quick",

be told that something was up. The broken phone was Mar

se by. We can't lose out, not now that we're so cl