Secret Lies (repost)

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Jake was getting out of his car at the diner when he heard the scream. It was quick like someone cut it off, it was also close. His adrenaline began racing and get grabbed his off duty gun from the glove box and ran off toward the sound. As he ran he began to process the sound, the scream echoed in his mind and he remembered it.

"Fuck. Jessica." He muttered and ran faster.

Two blocks from the diner he saw a black sedan pull away from the curb and speed away. Jake checled the alley and saw nothing then looked back at the car. It looked at a sedan the mob used, but why would they come here.

It was then that his cell phone rang. He jerked it out of his pocket and answered. "Yeah?"

"I am really shamed by you Jake. And i dont like to be shamed." Don carello said.

"Where is she Carello. You dont have to do this. Let her go and she will never bother you. I will never bother you again."

"I told you to leave town. You didnt." He said. "What really pisses me off is that you had the fucking balls you piece of shit cop to fucking dare earn my trust. Only to betray me. So i think what im going to do is rip your unborn child right out of your girlfriend's stomach and make her eat it."

Jake blinked, "listen to me man. She is not my girlfriend and she certainly isnt having my kid. She means nothing just let her go."

"You try too hard to save someone who means nothing to you." He passed the phone to Jessica and said. "Maybe you should tell him the truth sweetheart."

 

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It was then the hand that had been clamped over Jessica's mouth had moved and the phone placed near her ear. The small gasp on her lip where they slapped her was hurting like hell.

She still didn't know what was going on!

It took a few moments for her to find her voice and albeit quivering, she spoke, "Jake.....he's right... I was going to tell you as soon as I found you..." she said before the phone was taken away and the man who sat across from her only leered at her before speaking again.

She tried again to struggle against them holding her as the hand was replaced over her mouth to keep her quiet.

What the hell was going on?! Did repo men really get in trouble this much? Who's car did he take?!

 

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Jake froze as he heard Jessica's voice. She sounded terrified and scared and he felt like complete shit for causing this to happen to this poor innocent girl. Her comfirmation that she was pregnant hit him like a punch in the stomach and he was forced to steel himself. Now it was a rescue mission.

He gritted his teeth and hissed into the phone, "Let her go Carello. You don't want to see what I will do if you push this."

Jake could hear the Don smiling over the phone. "I'm looking forward to seeing you try detective."

Then the phone went dead.

Jake jerked open his car door and fired the engine up, pealing out of the parking lot he headed toward the closest shady operations Carello had. There was a meat packing plant used to smuggle cocaine in slabs of frozen beef only a few miles from the diner. Jake would start there as it was the most logical place for them to take Jessica so quickly.

"I'm coming Jessica hold on." He muttered.

 

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They were heading some where. The windows on the sedan were too dark to tell exactly where they were going. Tension in the vehicle seemed very high.

The hand that was clamped over Jessica's mouth had finally relaxed but the goon the hand was attached to didn't bother to give Jessica some space as he literally squished her against the door.

Her heart was pounding but she willed it to stop as her brain tried to make sense of it all. So Jake wasn't a repo man, from what she gathered, he was a cop who was watching this man sitting across from her....the man who couldn't seem to take his eyes off of her.

"Why are you doing this?" she asked him in a shaky voice.

The man didn't answer, instead he just smiled.....or was it a sneer? Either way, it probably wasn't a good thing. In fact, he leaned forward and placed a hand on Jess' knee, "You do not need to know, pretty one...my goodness, I will say Jake has a way of picking them and then leaving them."

He snickered at the shocked expression on Jess' face, "Oh, you didn't know? He was fucking everyone and everything. You're not the first darling and I can assure you, you're probably going to be the last because, once I get him alone, I'm going to kill you in front of him and then kill him."

Good God...what did she get herself into? All this after a night of satisfying her sexual needs and all this happens?! How had they know she was pregnant?

"Ohh...damnit..." she said, as she realized the one goon next to her was one of the two that had been in her section at the diner....and then with her co-worker announcing to everyone she was pregnant....

 

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Jake drove like a madman. On the way he spoke rapidly into his cell phone trying to inform his old squad that there was a clear opportunity to knab Carello on a kidnapping charge. Which in turn could be used to bust open his whole opperation to a public investigation. Jake was told to let it go and no one qould help on a bogus tip from an angry discharged cop.

Jake threw his phone against the seat and screamed in rage and frustration. He was in a panic. He couldnt believe Jessica was pregnant with his baby. She told him she was safe. Still he wasnt upset about it. Jessica was beautiful and smart enough for him to get along with. Maybe it wouldnt be so bad. Assuming he could save her in time. He gritted his teeth and floored the gas pedal.

When he pulled out into the parking lot the warehouse looked all but abandoned. Except for the single sedan sitting by the door. He drew his gun and made his way slowly toward the obvious trap. The warehouse interiour was pitch black as he slipped inside, his gun cocked and ready. His eyes searched for any source of light he could use to see by.

Suddenly with a bright flash the lights kicked on, "Welcome Detective!" Carello greeted loudly.

Jake winced and fought through the pain of his eyes adjusting to the light. Carello was standing in the middle of a row of his goons all with guns pointed at Jake. Jessica hung from a hook on a chain attached to the ceiling, her hands bound by duct tape and her mouth taped shut as well. She looked terrified.

Jake sighed, "oh fuck."

 

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The tape on her wrist were killing her and digging into her skin. Jessica hated heights and it took a lot not to look down too much.

It still didn't occur to her what was going on earlier but when the other guy started to explain to her what had happened and what Jake's involvement was, she could understand him doing what he had to do.

There were a lot of questions she had but most could only be answered by Jake. And when she saw him enter the warehouse, she felt suddenly very sick...and scared for him. They couldn't kill him. He was the father of their baby!

Jessica dared not struggle as she hung there, desperately hoping that things would turn out OK.

 

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