| November 1963 pt 5 |
Charlie & Jeff were sitting in the front seat of Jeff's car watching Old Lady Johnson's rooming house, when a trim, well- dressed brunette walked outside. Even with the dye job they both recognized Caroline immediately. It was hard to tell who was out of the car first, putting their much discussed plan into action. Jeff blocked Caroline from the front while Charlie grabbed her from behind tossing her into the backseat of Jeff's car. ********* "Look at her & what you have done!!" Charlie's voice was barely above a whisper, but the anger was very evident in his tone & the grasp he had on Caroline's arm as they stood over a sleeping Emma. Caroline stood between Jeff & Charlie totally emotionless. The hospital was only a detour on the way to the Police Station. Tommy must have heard the commotion coming from Emma's room, he walked in from the hallway. "Daddy? Charlie? What are you doing here?" Tommy's face went pale as he finally noticed Caroline standing between them. "Hey, Li'l Slugger, why don't you go find your momma." Jeff kneeled down to his son, but Tommy couldn't stop looking from Caroline to Emma. "Carrie, how could you be so mean? I really thought you were nice. But you aren't. You hurt Emma & she never did anything mean to anyone ever." Charlie noticed Caroline's eyes water up. "It's ok, Little Mutt, Some people are just rotten to people who do nothing to them." Tommy started to cry thinking about Emma laying there. "My Mom & Dad say you never hate the person, just the deeds they do, but I hate you for hurting Emma." Tommy left the room. Caroline broke down crying, saying she was sorry for all she had done. "Save it for someone who cares, because alls we care about is getting you far away from us & our families." Charlie tightened his grip on Caroline. As they started out the door, Mike Sloan entered the hospital with 2 police officers in tow. "Take her into custody, I want charges pressed for what she did to my granddaughter." Mike turned to Charlie, "Mr. Hailey, how is Emma doing?" "She is going to be just fine, Mr. Sloan! She can come home in a few days. She isn't allowed any visitors, until tomorrow." "Fine, Ruth & I will be back tomorrow first thing." Mike had long ago accepted Charlie as his granddaughters father, as many things as he disliked about that Hailey boy, he knew he loved Emma as much as his own boys. |