Amelia got discharged and was driven home by James himself. Amelia sat at the backseat with Elena next to her. She refused to leave Amelia’s side all the time she was at the hospital. Penelope and the others headed back to the Parker’s mansion, waiting for James to arrive with Amelia. As he drove them home, James constantly kept looking back at Amelia and Alice through the interior mirror. Alice was in Elena’s arms and James wasn’t so comfortable about that. He knew she couldn’t do anything to Alice in front of them, but he still wasn’t comfortable with her being so close. He had always known Elena to be manipulative, and he hoped this wasn’t another way of her getting into their lives and hurting them again. Getting to the house, they saw a few cars parked in front of the mansion. James knew they were all there to welcome Amelia home. After he posted “I am now a father” on his Social Media handles, he expected nothing less. He drove into the compound and switched off the engine
The day finally came. The day of Hopper and Freddie’s sentencing. Hopper and Freddie sat in between their lawyers, looking so nervous. Amelia, James and the rest of the families were seated in the courtroom, waiting to hear what the judge had to say. “After listening to all the evidences in the murder case of Mr. Stanley and Mrs Clara Copper, which took place on the 10th of October, 1997. And after the defendants, Mr Hopper Richardson and Freddie Cooper had pleaded guilty, I hereby pronounce both of them guilty!” Amelia shut her eyes tighter and lowered her head. She gulped hard and held into James’ lap pretty tight. James touched her hand and tapped it slowly. ‘Amelia, did you make the right decision to bring them to court?’ She asked herself, waiting for the most important part of the judge’s decision. “This is my judgement! Mr. Hopper Richardson and Mr. Freddie Copper is sentenced to twenty years imprisonment with hard labor!” The heads of Hopper and Freddie fell low in sadn
The Parker’s mansion was lit up by colorful fluorescent lights, accompanied with beautiful flowers and balloons. In the living room, the couches were gone and it was a free space for everyone. There were about eight cocktail tables covered in white fabrics present. In the middle of these tables were small, pretty rose flower vases. These tables were arranged not too far from each other so that there could be enough space for about five dining tables, which could accommodate at most five guests. In front of the hung flat Tv screen was a huge and gorgeously designed five-tier birthday cake. A solemn music was playing in the background, and guests were beginning to arrive. Penelope arrived at the mansion fully dressed and her eyes widened at the side of the interior beauty of the living room. “Oh God. Who could have thought that your living room would be this spacious?” Penelope said to James, who was dressed in a red Tuxedo. His hair was rearranged in a more stylish way, making hi
“Ma’am Amelia!! Alice is gone!” Alba kept screaming as she ran down the stairs, pulling everyone’s attention to her. “What?!” The people exclaimed. “What do you mean Alice is gone?!” Amelia and James exclaimed, running back to the stairs. “I. I.” Alba muttered, trying to catch her breath. Amelia grabbed her by the shoulders and began to shake her vigorously.“Talk to me, Alba! Where is Alice?!” Amelia yelled. Her eyes heated up in no time, and she was covered in sweat. “I needed to use the restroom. I left her on the bed in the room, only for me to return and find out that she…” Amelia let go of her and ran up the stairs at great speed. “Ma’am Amelia!” Mrs Alba called in fear and ran after Amelia. “No one leaves this party!” James announced in anger and terror. He ran to the door, locked it and threw the keys in his pockets. “What? Why would you do that? You can’t just keep us here! We are innocent!” The congregation began to mumble to James’ deaf ears. He ignored them and ran
The cops arrived shortly and started off by trying to get the fingerprint of the culprit from the rope, but they couldn’t find any fingerprints on it. This gave the cops the idea that this culprit was more experienced than they had imagined. They also kicked off with interrogating the guests in the house one after the other. Amelia and James sat in the living room, waiting and wishing for their nightmare to end once and for all. Amelia rested her head on James’ chest and closed her eyes. She couldn’t stop sobbing and soon, tears refused to flow out of her eyes. James’ eyeballs had also turned red too as he kept trying to act strong for Amelia. As the cops finished with everyone and took down answers to the questions they asked them, they began to let them go, but they told them they could be called upon anytime and they had to respond. They called Amelia closer to ask her some questions too, and James went to them with her. “Mr and Mrs. Parker, can you please tell me if you
~ AFTER TWO DAYS~Amelia and James held hands as they sat in the living room with their other family relatives. It was the third day since the party and they were yet to find Alice. The cops had also been working very hard to get more information about her whereabouts, but it seemed like Alice wasn't in Alabama at all. Amelia had refused to eat until she had found her baby. James and the others had tried talking to her but all to no avail. She refused comfort from everyone one, even her husband, James. "I am now more worried about Amelia than Alice. She looks so pale and thin. I don't know what else to do or say to her that would make her rest or eat. She tried sleeping yesterday, but ended up crying again." James uttered with great sadness. Amelia kept her head on his shoulder and didn't bother to react to what he had said. It was as if she didn't hear him speak. The only thing she had in her head and could hear was Alice's little chuckles and smile. "Amelia, can you please take
"Hi, Amelia." His response came with a slight chuckle. Amelia's eyes still popped out in shock, and she dashed to where Fred stood. "You took my daughter?!" She yelled, and Fred placed his index finger on her lips, shaking his head. "Shhh… You are going to wake her up." He whispered. Amelia's lips shuddered and tears flooded her eyes. She slowly bounced her head and smacked his hand off her mouth. "Can I please see her?" She mumbled, and Fred nodded. "Follow me." He led the way into the house, and Amelia followed behind him anxiously. They got into the bedroom and she found Alice lying on the bed, wrapped in a very white shawl. Amelia moved closer to look at her face, and she saw that Alice was sleeping peacefully, and she didn't look so terrible like she thought she would. "Now, you have seen her, let's step outside and talk. I know you have a lot of things to ask." Fred turned to leave the room, and Amelia followed him with tears still streaming out of her eyes non-stop. "F
"James, you need to calm down." Elena uttered, placing her hand on his shoulder. "Calm down?!" He smacked her hand off him and sprang to his feet. "What the f**k are you talking about?! How can I calm down when my wife and child are missing? Can you listen to yourself at all?!" He yelled at her. Elena flinched in fear and moved away from him. They sat in the living room and watched the policemen work on tracking her phone and car. "You don't have to be so hard on me! I saw how you were shivering and sweating profusely, and I got worried about your health. That's all." "Stop acting like a saint! First, it was Alice, now it is Amelia's. What exactly are you planning?!" "Stop it, James! The police have already investigated me. When will you ever believe that I would never do such to my sister?" "When the truth is finally out. When I find my wife and child." Penelope and Helen walked into the living room, looking super exhausted. They had gone to town to paste the missing posters o