March 18, 2009

The Last Stand chp. 2
Sorry this took so long!! I had the whole chapter done, and then I kept thinking about stupid Mark and his "office". I had to re-write it to fit some stuff in later in the story.So here it is... The Last Stand chp. 2, tada!!!!!Rachel ran to the car, the duffel bag on her shoulder bouncing side to side. She had already lost so much time, and Annie was not cooperating. She walked sluggishly to the car.“Come on baby, hurry up,” Rachel said as she stuffed the last of their stuff into her car.“I don’t wanna leave mommy. Daddy will be worried about me.” Annie protested as she walked even slower to the car. Her right arm reaching across her body to rub at her bruised left elbow.“He’ll be upset when he comes home and I’m not there mommy,” Annie whispered when she finally reached the car.“I know baby,” Rachel sighed as she help Annie with her car seat harness, “but that doesn’t matter right now. We’re just going to grandma’s house for a little bit. Aren’t you excited to see grandma?”“Not really, she makes me eat broccoli.” Annie said as she made a face; remembering the last time she had to eat broccoli. Rachel laughed as she got into the driver’s seat and pulled out of the driveway.“Say goodbye to the house, Annie,” Rachel said as she took one last look at the house. She smiled as she turned the corner and left that part of her life behind.Mark’s Turn...“ Can someone please get me last week’s numbers? And a cup of coffee? Hot. Black.” Mark barked as he walked out of the meeting. He hated days like today. When nothing goes like it’s supposed to, and every time you turn around another problem jumps up. He stalked to his office and slammed the door shut. Today’s meeting had gone horribly. Everyone blamed Mark for last week’s reading. The numbers were down from last week, which meant a month of catch up. Great.Mark sat his desk for a minute, looking through his files for last weeks numbers. Where were the numbers? Oh yeah, someone is getting them for him. And coffee. Mark looked at the clock…“This is taking to damn long,” he grumbled as he swung his office door open.“Where the hell are the numbers I asked for?! And where is my cof…”“Take a chill pill Mr. Handsome, they’re right here,” the new secretary, Stacy, said, as she handed him the numbers and a hot cup of coffee.“It’s Hansen, actually. And thank you,” Mark replied, blushing slightly. Mark liked this new secretary. She was young, cute, and was happy to flirt with him because of his “single” status at the office. He didn’t wear his wedding ring at work, didn’t have pictures of his family at his desk, and didn’t go to company “family” picnics.“But I’m not a bad guy. Really, I’m not,” he muttered to himself as he walked back to his desk.Back to Rachel and Annie…As Rachel drove she thought about where she was going to take Annie. Obviously they couldn’t go to her mom’s house. Mark would check there. All her friends had left this small town after graduation. She was all alone.But there had to be somewhere she could go…. Rachel entertained the events of her favorite movie, “Sleeping with the Enemy”. She could find an even smaller town, buy a house, get a job, and fall in love. Hopefully without getting caught and having to kill someone.Except, she didn’t have any money. At least not paper money, and using her credit card, which would probably be turned off soon, would leave a trail.And she needed a safe place to hide Annie while she worked or looked for a place for them to live.Rachel knew she couldn’t do this alone, she needed help. Just then a sign on the freeway caught her attention.
“Millions of Children Don’t Have a Family to Call Their Own. Adopt a Child Today”End of chapter 2 *gasp* what's Rachel going to do with Annie? Hopefully it won't take as long for me to update the next chapter.