Chapter 21
Mike and Selena sat in silence as they drove to the abandon house of which Joe and Lindsey killed Tara Lovato. Determined to mention something about their passionate encounter, Selena broke their silence by saying, “Uhm…Jonas, I just wanted to say that I –“
“Don’t worry about it. There’s nothing else to be said,” Mike interrupted as if already knowing what she was going to say.
“Well, I just want it to be known that…what happened back at your place…I don’t want it to change anything between us. I mean, we still work together as partners and –“
“I know, Ramirez. I totally understand. I feel the same way.” Mike interrupted her again when she started to ramble on. He never made eye contact with her. He kept his eyes on the road. Selena nodded and kept silent the rest of the car ride as she looked out the window.
“Don’t worry about it. There’s nothing else to be said,” Mike interrupted as if already knowing what she was going to say.
“Well, I just want it to be known that…what happened back at your place…I don’t want it to change anything between us. I mean, we still work together as partners and –“
“I know, Ramirez. I totally understand. I feel the same way.” Mike interrupted her again when she started to ramble on. He never made eye contact with her. He kept his eyes on the road. Selena nodded and kept silent the rest of the car ride as she looked out the window.
Mike slowed the car down as he approached the abandon house. He turned off the car headlights. He then looked at Selena and said, “Are you going to stay in the car?”
“Are you kidding? Do you actually think I am going to stay in the car, while my daughter may only be one hundred steps away? Go ahead and get closer.” Selena said as she pointed toward the direction of the house.
Mike continued to pull into the dirt drive way to the abandoned house with the car lights off and parked. He then took the keys out from the ignition and quietly got out the car. Selena also got out of the car, carefully and quietly. They both took out their guns.
As they both crept up to the house, with their guns drawn, Mike whispered to Selena, “Follow my lead. Please.” He gave Selena a stern look hoping she would do as he said.
Considering the fact that she was not supposed to be there or be on the case, Selena nodded 'okay'.
At that, Mike slowly walked up the steps to the porch towards the front door. He then quickly moved between the front door and the side window. Selena did the same on the opposite side of the door. Mike made a signal toward Selena to look thru the windows. He then stooped down low and peeked into the very dusty and dirty old busted window. He peeked inside. It was very dark and empty. He didn’t see anyone or any signs of people inside. Mike then stood up and shook his head at Selena telling her he didn’t see anything. Neither did Selena.
Mike then grabbed a hold of the doorknob and turned it. As he opened the door, it squeaked very loudly. Mike winced and said a curse. Selena also winced at the loud sound. Both Selena and Mike exchanged looks. Mike then whispered, “You check out the lower floor. I’ll go upstairs.”
Selena nodded in agreement.
Mike and Selena both squeezed thru the front door trying not to make the door squeak again. As they walked into the house it had the smell of an old dry wood. The smell was so loud it made both Mike and Selena frown at the scent. There were cobwebs everywhere. Selena saw a huge cockroach creeping up the wall and a small brown mouse scurry across the floor. Selena made a quick disgusted expression on her face at the sight.
Mike made his way over toward the bottom of the staircase. He looked back at Selena to make sure she was okay. He then whispered, “Don’t do anything without me.”
Selena nodded.
As Mike slowly walked up the squeaky steps, he saw a green ribbon on one step. He picked it up and realized the ribbon must have belonged to Jessica. He looked back down at Selena and saw that she was looking straight at him. He saw her mouthed the word, “Jessica.”
Mike placed the ribbon in his pocket and continued to walk up the stairs. With his guard up and gun ready to shoot, Mike stepped beside the first bedroom door. He quickly stepped in front of the door with his gun aimed. There was nothing there. There was an old dusty rocking chair in an empty room. Mike stepped into the room and started to walk towards the closet. He quickly opened the door hoping Jessica would be inside. Instead of Jessica, there was a huge rat just sitting there nibbling on something. It then scurried away into a hole in the closet.
Mike exit the room and went to the next room. The door was closed. Mike swallowed hard as he prepared himself to enter the room. He kicked the door open with his gun raised. He quickly looked to his right and there sat Jessica in her green and white pajamas, barefoot and slightly sobbing. She was blindfolded and her mouth was taped. She was tied up while sitting in an old wooden chair that seem to have dust, dirt, and blood stains on it.
When Mike had kicked the door open, Jessica jumped with fear not knowing what was going on. However, she didn’t make a noise.
Mike stepped further into the room toward Jessica. With his gun drawn and ready to fire, he noticed a closet behind Jessica. Mike figured Joe had to be in the closet.
To let Jessica know who was in the room with her, Mike calmly said in a low voice, “Jessie, sweetie, it’s me, Mike. Detective Mike Jonas…you remember me, right?”
Jessica nodded her head quickly looking blindly into the direction of his voice.
“Are you okay?” Mike asked as he stepped more into the room aiming his gun at the closet.
Jessica nodded yes as she began to cry softly.
Mike kept his focus on the closet door as he walked closer to it. He wasn’t sure what to expect until he heard a few heavy steps quickly coming up from behind him. As Mike started to turn around, all he saw was a figure rushing toward him with something in its hand. The hard object hit Mike in the head above his left eye with a heavy impact. Mike quickly felt excruciating pain to his head and fell to the floor dropping his gun. Then everything faded to black.
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Selena walked very carefully thru out the first floor. She started to get frustrated at the fact she couldn’t find Jessica. She started to think, “Maybe Jessie is not here.” As Selena entered into an area of the house that looked like it could be a dinning room, she heard a loud thump coming from upstairs.
“Mike,” Selena whispered as she quickly rushed toward upstairs where Mike was. Once Selena reached the top of the stairs, she slowed down and raised up her gun ready to shoot if necessary.
“Jonas?” Selena called out.
There was no answer.
Selena took a deep breath as she started to get nervous. She quickly looked into the first room she got to and saw that it was empty, except for a rocking chair.
Selena carefully walked to the next room and saw the door was cracked open. She pushed the door opened with one hand. As the door slowly opened, she quickly put both hands back on her gun as she aimed it into the room. Selena looked to her right and saw Jessica tied up, her mouth taped, and blindfolded. Selena gasped putting her gun down to her side and rushed toward Jessica saying, “Jessica, mi hija! Oh my God, sweetie, are you okay?”
As soon as Jessica heard Selena’s voice, she started to cry hysterically.“Mommy!” she muffled with a cry from under the tape that covered her mouth.
Before Selena could touch Jessica, Joe came out of the closet from behind Jessica with a gun aimed at Jessica’s head.
At that Selena gasped, stopped in her tracks, and quickly raised her gun and aimed it at Joe.
“Hello, Detective Ramirez.” Joe said very calmly as he stepped out from the closet.
“Freeze!” Selena yelled as she had a thousand emotions rush thru her. Her eyes started to well up with tears as she got so angry at the fact that he would have the audacity to hold a gun to her daughter’s head.
“I see you found us…but where is the rest of the gun squad?” Joe said with a smirk.
“Put the gun down! NOW!” Selena yelled firmly.
“I will if you will.” Joe smiled. “By the way, tell your friend, thanks for giving me a loaded gun. I didn’t have anymore bullets left after that little shoot out with the gun squad earlier.” Joe smirked.
Selena looked confused as she wondered where Mike was.
As if reading her mind, Joe continued, gesturing his head to the direction behind her saying, “Your friend seems to be dead over there on the mattress.”
Selena reluctantly turned her head and looked behind her and saw Mike’s body lying lifeless on the mattress face down. At that Selena felt like a knife had stabbed her in the heart as the tears that welled up in her eyes fell down her face. She couldn't believe Mike was dead. Selena quickly turned around to look at Joe and Jessica. She quickly wiped the tears off her face and put her hand back on the gun she aimed at Joe. As she looked at Joe’s face, she frowned with disgust and became furious with rage. She so badly wanted to kill him, but she knew she couldn’t because she would easily put her daughter in danger.
Seeing the rage in her eyes, Joe smiled and said, “Wow, you look absolutely stunning when you’re angry." He laughed out loud. "So, detective, what are we going to do now?”
Selena didn’t respond. All she was thinking about was her shooting him dead.
“Ooohh, I have an idea. Why don’t we let this little girl see her mommy. Since that’s what this little bitch has been whining about so much. That’s why I had to tape her fucking mouth shut.” Joe finished as he untied the blind fold away from Jessica’s eyes.
Selena looked at Jessica as her eyes were filled with bewilderment. Selena wanted to reach out to her daughter and give her a hug. Selena heard Jessica muffle the word ‘mommy’ from under the tape covering her mouth. It broke Selena’s heart. She looked into her daughter’s eyes and whispered, “Shhh, it’s okay, sweetie. It’s okay.”
“Aww. What a grand family reunion this is.” Joe said as he cocked the gun ready to shoot into the back of Jessica’s head. At that Selena looked back at Joe and reinforced her gun on him.
Joe continued, “Now see, here’s the problem. You came looking for me empty handed. You have nothing I asked for…so what am I to do? I guess you guys will never learn. So I guess that leaves me one thing to do…which is to kill her.”
“No! Please! No!” Selena quickly yelled out. “Please let her be. She has nothing to do with this.”
“Well that’s just it, aint it, Detective? None of you had anything to do with this. You all always interrupted into my life. Hell, Tara would still be alive today if it weren’t for the fucking police! We got away from her family and we started to live! And then once all the police warrants went out for our bank robbing spree, my baby got scared. She lost her balls. I couldn’t let that happen. Then I found Lindsey…that dumb bitch. I only wanted to make Tara jealous. But Tara kept running at the mouth, so I got the idea to kill her. I wanted to change my mind, but Lindsey insisted. She insisted all these opportunities," Joe continued as he mocked Lindsey's voice, "Come to Chicago, cut off her fingers..." Joe then continued in his regular voice. "...And now that bitch, Lindsey, ran from me because I wanted to change her. Yeah, that’s right…I wanted to change her into Tara, but Tara is one of a kind. Lindsey can never be Tara.”
Still aiming her gun at Joe, Selena asked, “So what do you want with Lindsey now?”
Raising his voice, Joe responded, “I want to punish her. I want to kill her like…like I did my baby, Tara. I want to make her suffer!”
“Sorry, but we can’t allow you to do that.” Selena said.
Joe didn’t respond right away. He looked at Selena. He looked down at Jessica, and then back up at Selena. He finally responded, “Fine. I’ll kill her then.”
He then pulled the trigger to the gun to shoot Jessica in the head.
“NOOOOO!!”
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“Are you kidding? Do you actually think I am going to stay in the car, while my daughter may only be one hundred steps away? Go ahead and get closer.” Selena said as she pointed toward the direction of the house.
Mike continued to pull into the dirt drive way to the abandoned house with the car lights off and parked. He then took the keys out from the ignition and quietly got out the car. Selena also got out of the car, carefully and quietly. They both took out their guns.
As they both crept up to the house, with their guns drawn, Mike whispered to Selena, “Follow my lead. Please.” He gave Selena a stern look hoping she would do as he said.
Considering the fact that she was not supposed to be there or be on the case, Selena nodded 'okay'.
At that, Mike slowly walked up the steps to the porch towards the front door. He then quickly moved between the front door and the side window. Selena did the same on the opposite side of the door. Mike made a signal toward Selena to look thru the windows. He then stooped down low and peeked into the very dusty and dirty old busted window. He peeked inside. It was very dark and empty. He didn’t see anyone or any signs of people inside. Mike then stood up and shook his head at Selena telling her he didn’t see anything. Neither did Selena.
Mike then grabbed a hold of the doorknob and turned it. As he opened the door, it squeaked very loudly. Mike winced and said a curse. Selena also winced at the loud sound. Both Selena and Mike exchanged looks. Mike then whispered, “You check out the lower floor. I’ll go upstairs.”
Selena nodded in agreement.
Mike and Selena both squeezed thru the front door trying not to make the door squeak again. As they walked into the house it had the smell of an old dry wood. The smell was so loud it made both Mike and Selena frown at the scent. There were cobwebs everywhere. Selena saw a huge cockroach creeping up the wall and a small brown mouse scurry across the floor. Selena made a quick disgusted expression on her face at the sight.
Mike made his way over toward the bottom of the staircase. He looked back at Selena to make sure she was okay. He then whispered, “Don’t do anything without me.”
Selena nodded.
As Mike slowly walked up the squeaky steps, he saw a green ribbon on one step. He picked it up and realized the ribbon must have belonged to Jessica. He looked back down at Selena and saw that she was looking straight at him. He saw her mouthed the word, “Jessica.”
Mike placed the ribbon in his pocket and continued to walk up the stairs. With his guard up and gun ready to shoot, Mike stepped beside the first bedroom door. He quickly stepped in front of the door with his gun aimed. There was nothing there. There was an old dusty rocking chair in an empty room. Mike stepped into the room and started to walk towards the closet. He quickly opened the door hoping Jessica would be inside. Instead of Jessica, there was a huge rat just sitting there nibbling on something. It then scurried away into a hole in the closet.
Mike exit the room and went to the next room. The door was closed. Mike swallowed hard as he prepared himself to enter the room. He kicked the door open with his gun raised. He quickly looked to his right and there sat Jessica in her green and white pajamas, barefoot and slightly sobbing. She was blindfolded and her mouth was taped. She was tied up while sitting in an old wooden chair that seem to have dust, dirt, and blood stains on it.
When Mike had kicked the door open, Jessica jumped with fear not knowing what was going on. However, she didn’t make a noise.
Mike stepped further into the room toward Jessica. With his gun drawn and ready to fire, he noticed a closet behind Jessica. Mike figured Joe had to be in the closet.
To let Jessica know who was in the room with her, Mike calmly said in a low voice, “Jessie, sweetie, it’s me, Mike. Detective Mike Jonas…you remember me, right?”
Jessica nodded her head quickly looking blindly into the direction of his voice.
“Are you okay?” Mike asked as he stepped more into the room aiming his gun at the closet.
Jessica nodded yes as she began to cry softly.
Mike kept his focus on the closet door as he walked closer to it. He wasn’t sure what to expect until he heard a few heavy steps quickly coming up from behind him. As Mike started to turn around, all he saw was a figure rushing toward him with something in its hand. The hard object hit Mike in the head above his left eye with a heavy impact. Mike quickly felt excruciating pain to his head and fell to the floor dropping his gun. Then everything faded to black.
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Selena walked very carefully thru out the first floor. She started to get frustrated at the fact she couldn’t find Jessica. She started to think, “Maybe Jessie is not here.” As Selena entered into an area of the house that looked like it could be a dinning room, she heard a loud thump coming from upstairs.
“Mike,” Selena whispered as she quickly rushed toward upstairs where Mike was. Once Selena reached the top of the stairs, she slowed down and raised up her gun ready to shoot if necessary.
“Jonas?” Selena called out.
There was no answer.
Selena took a deep breath as she started to get nervous. She quickly looked into the first room she got to and saw that it was empty, except for a rocking chair.
Selena carefully walked to the next room and saw the door was cracked open. She pushed the door opened with one hand. As the door slowly opened, she quickly put both hands back on her gun as she aimed it into the room. Selena looked to her right and saw Jessica tied up, her mouth taped, and blindfolded. Selena gasped putting her gun down to her side and rushed toward Jessica saying, “Jessica, mi hija! Oh my God, sweetie, are you okay?”
As soon as Jessica heard Selena’s voice, she started to cry hysterically.“Mommy!” she muffled with a cry from under the tape that covered her mouth.
Before Selena could touch Jessica, Joe came out of the closet from behind Jessica with a gun aimed at Jessica’s head.
At that Selena gasped, stopped in her tracks, and quickly raised her gun and aimed it at Joe.
“Hello, Detective Ramirez.” Joe said very calmly as he stepped out from the closet.
“Freeze!” Selena yelled as she had a thousand emotions rush thru her. Her eyes started to well up with tears as she got so angry at the fact that he would have the audacity to hold a gun to her daughter’s head.
“I see you found us…but where is the rest of the gun squad?” Joe said with a smirk.
“Put the gun down! NOW!” Selena yelled firmly.
“I will if you will.” Joe smiled. “By the way, tell your friend, thanks for giving me a loaded gun. I didn’t have anymore bullets left after that little shoot out with the gun squad earlier.” Joe smirked.
Selena looked confused as she wondered where Mike was.
As if reading her mind, Joe continued, gesturing his head to the direction behind her saying, “Your friend seems to be dead over there on the mattress.”
Selena reluctantly turned her head and looked behind her and saw Mike’s body lying lifeless on the mattress face down. At that Selena felt like a knife had stabbed her in the heart as the tears that welled up in her eyes fell down her face. She couldn't believe Mike was dead. Selena quickly turned around to look at Joe and Jessica. She quickly wiped the tears off her face and put her hand back on the gun she aimed at Joe. As she looked at Joe’s face, she frowned with disgust and became furious with rage. She so badly wanted to kill him, but she knew she couldn’t because she would easily put her daughter in danger.
Seeing the rage in her eyes, Joe smiled and said, “Wow, you look absolutely stunning when you’re angry." He laughed out loud. "So, detective, what are we going to do now?”
Selena didn’t respond. All she was thinking about was her shooting him dead.
“Ooohh, I have an idea. Why don’t we let this little girl see her mommy. Since that’s what this little bitch has been whining about so much. That’s why I had to tape her fucking mouth shut.” Joe finished as he untied the blind fold away from Jessica’s eyes.
Selena looked at Jessica as her eyes were filled with bewilderment. Selena wanted to reach out to her daughter and give her a hug. Selena heard Jessica muffle the word ‘mommy’ from under the tape covering her mouth. It broke Selena’s heart. She looked into her daughter’s eyes and whispered, “Shhh, it’s okay, sweetie. It’s okay.”
“Aww. What a grand family reunion this is.” Joe said as he cocked the gun ready to shoot into the back of Jessica’s head. At that Selena looked back at Joe and reinforced her gun on him.
Joe continued, “Now see, here’s the problem. You came looking for me empty handed. You have nothing I asked for…so what am I to do? I guess you guys will never learn. So I guess that leaves me one thing to do…which is to kill her.”
“No! Please! No!” Selena quickly yelled out. “Please let her be. She has nothing to do with this.”
“Well that’s just it, aint it, Detective? None of you had anything to do with this. You all always interrupted into my life. Hell, Tara would still be alive today if it weren’t for the fucking police! We got away from her family and we started to live! And then once all the police warrants went out for our bank robbing spree, my baby got scared. She lost her balls. I couldn’t let that happen. Then I found Lindsey…that dumb bitch. I only wanted to make Tara jealous. But Tara kept running at the mouth, so I got the idea to kill her. I wanted to change my mind, but Lindsey insisted. She insisted all these opportunities," Joe continued as he mocked Lindsey's voice, "Come to Chicago, cut off her fingers..." Joe then continued in his regular voice. "...And now that bitch, Lindsey, ran from me because I wanted to change her. Yeah, that’s right…I wanted to change her into Tara, but Tara is one of a kind. Lindsey can never be Tara.”
Still aiming her gun at Joe, Selena asked, “So what do you want with Lindsey now?”
Raising his voice, Joe responded, “I want to punish her. I want to kill her like…like I did my baby, Tara. I want to make her suffer!”
“Sorry, but we can’t allow you to do that.” Selena said.
Joe didn’t respond right away. He looked at Selena. He looked down at Jessica, and then back up at Selena. He finally responded, “Fine. I’ll kill her then.”
He then pulled the trigger to the gun to shoot Jessica in the head.
“NOOOOO!!”
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