Twinsequences Ivy (Twisted Twin #2)(30)

Before he could say anything, I pulled the gun from my pants. “Please don’t make this harder than it needs to be. I don’t mean you any harm. I’m just trying to get home with my little boy. If you knew the whole story you’d understand. I’m not a bad person. They kept him from me. I only wanted to get him back. They were in the way of it happening. I had to take matters into my own hands.”

He put his hands up in the air. “I’ve got my own family. I support my bedridden wife. Without me she won’t be able to afford her medication.”

“Put your hands on the wheel and wait until I get out to pull away. If you’re smart, you’ll stay out of this.”

I climbed out of the truck, taking my things with me. The baby had begun to cry, so I quickly hunched over and fetched a bottle out of the diaper bag. I rocked his little chair while he fed and settled down. Since I was out in the open, I ducked down in a taxi terminal and finished taking care of him. I changed his diaper, thinking about Destiny helping with the last one. It made me sad I had to leave her behind, especially since she was the one I wanted to raise as my own child. Now I had a baby, and not the slightest idea how to take care of him. I’d never been one to babysit. I’d never even liked holding them. I’d have to figure it out. Hopefully it would come natural, or else I’d be in a heap of trouble.

While he sat in his chair, staring up at me, I wondered if he naturally assumed I was Willow. What would she have done differently?

She would have wanted him to be safe. People were looking for me. We were in danger. It was important to rethink my plan.

I’d originally bought tickets on a train. I could still make that if I caught another ride and started driving. All I had to do was find a vehicle, and with a huge parking lot behind us, I knew where to start looking.





Chapter 14


“Excuse me, sir, I can’t seem to find where I parked my car. We’ve been gone for a week, and I swear it’s somewhere in this lot. Do you think you could help me?” The man was loading his luggage into his vehicle. He took one look at Marcus and put a smile on his face. If a baby did anything, it was get people to trust you.

“You say you parked in this lot? You know there are others on the airport property.”

“Yes, I’m sure.”

He turned back around to close his trunk and I took action, pulling my gun and waiting for him to notice. “What the hell, lady? Are you seriously robbing me with a baby?”

“Not exactly. I need you to take me somewhere. When I get where I’m going you’re free to leave.”

His hands were high in the air. “Okay. I’ll take you wherever, just don’t shoot me. Please, I have a baby myself at home.” I could tell he was petrified. He looked like the kind of person to pee himself during extremely stressful situations such as this.

“No one has to get hurt. Unlock the doors and get in the driver’s side.” He clicked the button and I heard the doors release. I opened the rear passenger side and slid in, while he scurried around to the driver’s side. He placed both hands on the steering wheel, looking forward instead of at me. “Now what?”

“Now we get out of here. If anyone asks, we just got back from a trip to Florida to see family. I’m in the back because the baby is cranky.”

He did as I said, paying for his parking and then exiting the lot without causing a scene. “Which way now?”

“I’m heading to the train station. Are you familiar with it?”

“Yeah. I’ve been there.”

“Good. Then shut up and drive. This place is crawling with cops.”

“Are you the person they’re looking for?” He began to freak out. “Oh God, I knew I should have taken an earlier flight. I could tell something bad was going to happen when I woke up this morning. I haven’t even called my wife to tell her I got in okay. She’s never going to know…”

“Will you please shut your mouth? You can go home to your wife as soon as I’m safe.” I thought for a second, to try and get the cops off my back. “Can I use your cell phone?”

He fidgeted in his jacket pocket and pulled it out. When he turned to look at me I shoved the gun against his shoulder. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you. I’ve got no problem blowing off your head to get where I need to be. My life depends on this ride, so speed it up.”

I pulled up the internet and looked for the local news.

Sure enough there were a few articles surfacing around my situation.

Early this morning Ivy Wheeler escaped from the Suntherville Institution, using her doctor as a decoy. He was later discovered in her family home along with the patient’s mother, both injured. They were taken to local hospitals to treat non-life threatening injuries. Authorities have released a photo of the woman. If anyone sees her they’re being asked to contact local police.

Of course they’d used the most hideous picture ever. It didn’t even look like me.

I continued reading.

*Update*

At one-forty-five p.m. police responded to a call of shots fired. They discovered an injured officer on the side of the road. A few miles further police located a man and a child, claiming they were held hostage by the escaped patient. There is currently a Amber alert issued for a separate missing child. The mother is also missing.