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Whereabouts Unknown #22
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Will I ever see them? Ever, ever, ever again?
Bette and Tina’s House – Tina
Six hours later –
Kit and Angelica had come home right after school, and since that time we’ve turned my house upside down looking for clues. Bette’s cell phone we’d found on her bedside table, and the calls she’s received were from James, over and over, then Penny and Kit, and finally the hundred – growing more and more frantic – ones from me.
I’d made Angelica a bowl of cereal for dinner, and Kit and I are picking at a plate of cheese and crackers, but I can’t tell you what it tastes like.
My desire is for the strong taste of Scotch, and for the door to fly open suddenly, and Bette – perfectly fine – spilling out a wild story, and everything turning out alright; but as the hours wear on and on, nothing like that seems very likely to happen.
A hard lump in my throat, makes it impossible for me to swallow. I will forgive you for being late for the rest of your life, if you’ll just burst through that door!
Turning away from my daughter and Kit at the table, I put the milk back in the refrigerator and stare blankly inside it. Wanting nothing but answers, wanting her to come back home.
Wanting. . .my cell phone rings jarring me back. ”The police,” I mouth to Kit. ”They’ve found Bette’s car.” Then, I hear strange, unsettling news. It’s been wrecked and set on fire in East L A.
Kit’s face falls at the news, but her eyes stays glued to me for anything more. Writing the address of a crime riddled part of LA I push the paper over for her to read. ”No signs of her – anywhere.” I’d written below the scribbled location.
The officer drones on about police procedure, and crime scene teams examining the car for evidence – once the flames have died down.
Hearing that grim description, I hand the phone to Kit, who’s now a permanent fixture at my kitchen table, worrying about Bette just as much as I am. ”Kit, listen to the rest of it.” I pick up my keys and head for the door. ”I’ve got to go look for her.”
Two hours later –
This is the third Emergency Room I’ve searched, and still no sign. I’m exhausted and edging toward desperation.
Helena calls. ”We’ve finished the Doc in the Boxes over this way. Any news on your end?”
”I’m waiting on the detectives possibly sharing street camera footage with me. Any news from them, takes incredibly long!”
”I have zero cred with the police to speed things up.” Helena confesses.
”Kit’s got some people she knows on the force. She’s been reaching out to them. No word, yet.”
”Alice wants to talk to you.”
Sneaking one more look behind another ER patient’s curtain, in a part of the hospital I’m certain I’m not supposed to be in – my heart starts its sinking feeling again. I’m completely out of ideas.
Alice comes on the call. ”What happened to her yesterday that made her so upset? The thing you guys wouldn’t talk about at dinner?” Alice demands.
”Nothing to do with this.” My voice rises in a frantic pitch, and flies out of control. ”Alice, where is she?” I plead.
”Tina?” Alice hears my hysteria.
”I just want to know where she is, Alice.” I begin to cry. ”I just really, really need to find her.”
”I know you do. Let’s keep looking. None of us can sleep. Where should we search next? Tell us, and we’ll go.”
Rushing out of the doors of the hospital – gulping for air – I pace in front of the idling ambulances. ”But she’s not shown up anywhere for help, Alice! She’s just gone.”
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#23 will appear shortly. To refresh or catch up, here’s the link to the previous story, ”Bette Meets the Gypsy” http://bit.ly/LesBetteMeetsGypsy.
*** So, who will figure out this mystery, as this story unfolds? Will it be you? Or Tina? Or Joyce? Maybe Penny will be enlisted and discover the clues that lead to Bette’s whereabouts unknown?
Then again, maybe Bette will figure it out. But I hope it’s you, who will solve the mystery, as Bette’s story becomes – for the next several chapters – told in the genre of suspense.
I hope you enjoyed the tale.
Blackbird
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Wow! Blackbird, what an exciting cliffhanger and direction to go with the story. Completely caught me off-guard. I wasn’t expecting Bette to be kidnapped. Does Aaron have a connection to this or is it the SheBar ladies trying to drag Kit down even further?
So many options…
Great chapter! Thank you!
Via email comment to me –
ME GUSTA EL SUSPENSO,Y LAS HISTORIAS,QUE TE VAN LLEVANDO A USAR MAS Y MAS TUS SENTIDOS,GRACIAS COMO SIEMPRE POR COMPARTIRLAS. GRALISE
Loved this chapter. Bette is very resourceful and hopefully she figures out a way to escape. Or Tina becomes a detective and saves her women.
What have you done to Bette BB?! Who’s those people! ….Hey, just joking ;) ..
I’m sooo into it! Who the heck are those? And what do they want from Bette?
Update soon BB, this is exciting!
Shookie wrote via email –
Hey great story…correct me if I’m wrong did u not write a similar piece called “where the fuck is tina” where the tattoed lady and dr perez are sisters or something to that effect.
Lillian May
18 minutes ago twitter
What timing; Bette sleeps in the day she is kidnapped…I figured out it was Bette the moment a kidnapped lady appeared..Let’s see the only mob connection here has to do with Aaron; but I don’t think you are heading in that direction…you brought Penny into the story…mystery rich lady…always trouble there…so I am going with that…Penny has enemies…like the fact you are giving you’re readers a chance to participate in the story line…On another note; doesn’t Shane always have a stalker? Shane certainty does have magnetism with the ladies…Good to keep Joyce still in play. Kit has some serious problems with those bitches owning the SheBar…like that being kept in the chapter too…hope Kit finds some dirt on them…you are killing me here having to wait to see what is happening with Bette…your writing is awesome…Blackbird.
Shaggy wrote via email to me: Ooooweeeee!!! HAD to read it thrice! I KNOW what’s up!
Via email to me:
hiscys says. . .
Great. I think there may be some possibilities:
a) Maybe related to Bette’s mother (though the gangsters were Italians and the kidnappers are Latinos, probably Mexicans)
b) Maybe related to the 20 millions that Bette got from donation, though the kidnappers indicate that “this is not a negotiation”
c) Maybe related to Tina’s sister (from Texas) looking for retaliation
d) Maybe related to the She Bar Dembo and Cindy that want to destroy Kit’s business
e) Maybe related to Shane’s mother and the drugs she is selling now to bury her mother, or with the deb Aaron (from Shaolin) has, although in both cases the kidnappers indicate that there is not negotiation.
Any way it looks like there is a retaliation of some kind (Tina’s sister, Jody, even Jenny), or maybe the kidnappers want to ask for money in exchange for Bette.
Wow this is thrilling, hope you give us the next chapter really soon, I don’t know if I could sleep thinking about it
Via email to me –
Intriguing turn of events in the new chapter. I think you caught everyone off guard & successfully added that great level of suspense.
Many options arise for who these kidnappers are
* the mafia connection from Bette’s mother’s past
* Tina’s lacky low life sister out for revenge
* the movie connection with Aaron & trying to short circuit Tina’s plans
* the Miami She Bar bitches
* the new connection with the old flame from Bette’s after the $20M or more
So could be any if them or another angle I haven’t thought of yet.
Also thought that the gypsy visit was about the past betrayal by Bette & what she saw was Tina’s reaction to the affair with Candice.
But it could very well have been a foreshadowing of the current situation with Bette’s disappearance and Tina’s reaction to Bette’s not being there or presumed death since the police found her burnt out car.
Lots to angles to ponder & thanks so much for an eventful chapter. The next several chapters will test everyone’s resolve and devotion to one another.
We know that Bette will do EVERYTHING in her power to get back to her family. Although it would be a true mind bending trip if she had to pick between Tina & her mother. Lots of emotions & turmoil.
Thanks again for your fantastic writing & take care.
Collins
An intriguing twist to heat things up but why kidnap BETTE?Kidnap ANGIE/TINA and you get everything you could ask for.Since TINA believes in her psychic lets see if she can find BETTE or reveal who has her.EVERYBODY is a suspect in this one.thanks
Mother of God! Bette was kidnapped and the criminals,
these cowards are tapping into Bette.
Who was the author of this kidnapping?
Tina is desperate.
The complete constellation.