Post by S. Austin61 (Goldman74) on Oct 17, 2010 19:21:01 GMT -4
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“…Thanks again for coming Dr. Masters.” Steve said as he held the door for her to leave. “Jaime and I were talking we thought we’d have you meet with David twice a week…but I think I’ll change that to once a week for David and once a week for all of us.”
“That sounds like a very wise decision.” Mary Masters agreed. Should we say every Tuesday and Thursday at around two-thirty?”
“That sounds good…of course sometimes my schedule may prevent me from attending…but we can probably reschedule.”
“I understand.” Dr. Masters smiled. “I’ll be here Tuesday at 2:30, and if you have any trouble please don’t hesitate to call.” She handed him her card. “This way you can call me directly that has my office and home phone numbers on it.”
“Thanks.” Steve took it and set it on the table by the front door.
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After she left Steve and Jaime gathered up David and they headed out for the car. “I say we grab a bite for lunch and then head to the mall. Does that sound good to you David?”
David nodded. “I guess so” he smiled weakly.
“Don’t worry, we’ll get you together with the other kids…soon.” Steve assured.
They were just about ready to leave when the phone rang. Steve (knowing Oscar had given both he and Jaime all the time they needed to get acquainted with David) picked up the phone right away.
“Steve” Oscar spoke
“Yes Oscar.” Steve sounded hesitant
“It appears I’ve been made the ‘go between’ if you will. I’ve been in contact with all the families they’ve all agreed to dinner tonight at the McDonalds on 9th and Nevada street, they said around 6:00.”
“That sounds great. I’ll tell David, I’m sure he’ll be delighted.” Steve hung up and turned to Jaime and David who were watching him.
“What was that all about?” Jaime asked.
“That was Oscar we’re all meeting at McDonalds at 6:00 for dinner.” He ruffled David’s hair, “so you get to see your brothers and sisters in a few hours. How does that sound?”
“It sounds great.” David almost jumped ten feet in the air.
“I like that you refer to the other kids as his brothers and sisters.” Jaime whispered as they headed for the car.
“It’s not his fault. He thinks of them as his brothers and sister.” Steve whispered back as he slid behind the wheel.
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As they pulled out of the driveway a car pulled away from the curb across the street and followed them.
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“We must not let them out of our sight” Cathy said.
“You keep your mouth shut” Boris snapped. “The only reason I permitted you to come this far was because you knew where the Austin family lived.”
“I can still help you.” Cathy pleaded.
“I don’t think so.” Boris stopped following Steve and Jaime, he knew they worked for the government and would be suspicious of any car following them for and extended period of time. Besides he had to deal with Cathy. She has served her purpose…and well, but now they no longer needed her. He drove to s secluded cabin just outside of Bethesda.
“What are we doing here?” Cathy asked innocently.
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At the mall David was having a ball. They picked out wall paper that had tiny stars and planets on it then they got a comforter for the bed that was dark blue, it too had stars and the planets in order
The last store they went into was novelty store they had planets you could hang from the ceiling. David was about to burst with excitement.
“I can’t wait till we get home so we can hang them up.” David cried. “Steve…I mean well you are my dad…right?”
Steve nodded. “You bet I am. Dr. Masters told you what happened. When you were a baby…the Thompsons took you from me.”
“So, should I call you dad?” David sounded nervous.
“Only when you’re ready” Steve replied. ‘Now you wanted to ask me something?”
David nodded. “Did you really go to the moon?”
“He sure did!” Jaime exclaimed.
“Do you still fly planes?” David continued his barrage of questions. It was the most he had said since he moved in with them.
Steve nodded. “I have my own plane in fact.”
“Way cool!” David called out as they climbed back in to the car. “Steve, do you think that maybe you could teach me to fly?”
“I would love to.” Steve pulled the car into traffic. “We can do that tomorrow. Right now we need to head to McDonalds to meet your brothers and sisters.”
“Ok, can I tell them you’ve been to the moon?” David asked.
“I don’t see why not.” Steve nodded.
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“This is where you and I part company” Boris laughed as he pulled out a gun. “You’ve been very helpful Ms. Healy, but your services are no longer required.”
He aimed the gun at Cathy’s head and pulled the trigger…
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Steve pulled into the McDonalds parking lot. Everyone else was just arriving as well. David ran to meet his ‘brothers and sisters.’
“Come on Steve.” David called.
“I’m coming.” Steve turned just in time to see Oscar’s car pull into the McDonalds parking lot. “I’ll be just a minute.”
“Oscar what’s going on?” Steve demanded. “I mean McDonalds isn’t your idea of ‘fine dining’
“I just wanted to tell you that Cathy Healy made bail. Just be on your guard” Oscar forewarned.
“How did she make bail?” Steve demanded.
“Someone posted it for her…we’re working on that.” Oscar assured.
“Keep me informed.”Steve thanked him.
When Steve entered McDonalds the kids were all at one table while the kids were at another. The kids were eating…the grow ups…were not.
‘Did you hear that?’ Steve whispered so only Jaime could here.
Jaime gave a slight nod. ‘I’ll talk to you later then.’ Steve let it drop for the moment.
“Can you believe the Healy woman?” Vince spoke softly not wanting to alert the children. “Tommy and Tammy were pretty upset.”
“So was Brian.” Todd proclaimed “I mean, just who does she think she is anyway?”
Everyone nodded. “They say we don’t have to obtain ‘custody’ of our kids…just have their names changed.” Tim Richards commented.
“I’ll have to fight for custody. Mara quipped. “My Ex-husband Rick wants out son.”
Everyone sighed.
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After the meeting everyone headed in their own direction with the promise of getting together at least once a month. The next date was already arranged.
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David went straight to bed when they got home leaving Steve and Jaime to talk. “What will we do if she shows up again?” Jaime asked. ‘You know she’ll try to take David away from us.”
Steve nodded. “Oscar gave me a couple of numbers to call besides his. Russ said he’d be on the lookout too. He said he’d drive by here, several times during the day.”
“Well that’s a relief.” Jaime muttered. They were just getting ready to head for bed when the door bell rang.
“Now who could that be?” Steve grumbled as he opened the door. “Oscar what brings you out this time of night?”
“I had to tell you…a couple of things first of all you won’t have to worry about Cathy Healy anymore.”
“Why’s that?” Steve asked.
“She’s dead…that’s why. We found out she was working for two Russians named Ivan Dimetree and Boris Zirinsky.
“I’ve heard of both of them.” Steve admitted. Both very hard men to deal with, what’s that got to do with David?”
“They want him Steve.” Oscar removed his glasses…the Russians want David.”
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“Do you think she was working with the Russians?” Jaime asked.
Oscar nodded. “We’re sure of it. Ms. Healy did work for the DCF. They recruited her to help them, we found a large cash deposit…of course that’s been confiscated” Oscar went on.
Steve was frantic. “You said they want David?”
Again Oscar nodded. “According to what we’ve come up with…They found out about a week before we did that David was your son.”
“How did they even know I had a son?” Steve demanded.
“Who knows how they find out anything.” Oscar sighed. “Anyway, what they want is to get David to Russia. Think how embarrassing it would be to have Steve Austin’s son working for the KGB?” Oscar stated.
Steve nodded “so what do we do to protect him?”
“I’ve called some of my friends they’re going to do whatever they can.”
“That’s good.” Jaime agreed.
“Where is David?” Oscar asked.
“He’s in bed.” Steve pointed down the hallway.
“You’re sure of that?” Oscar sounded serious.
“He went straight to bed as soon as we got home.” Jaime told him.
Oscar hesitated a moment. “Would you mind going and checking?” Oscar asked in a pleading tone.
Jaime looked from Oscar to Steve and then nodded she headed down the hall toward David’s room.
“What’s this all about?” Steve demanded. “I mean you’re never this coy Oscar…you know something…what is it?”
Again Oscar hesitated. “It’s Jack Hanson…he thinks that the Soviets have already gotten to David and that…”
“He’s working for them?” Steve finished. “Doesn’t Hanson have anything better to do with his time?” Steve sounded angry.
Oscar shrugged. “You know Hanson as well as I do” Oscar stated. “He can be so unreasonable at times I mean the man just won’t see things logically.”
“I know.” Steve sighed. They attention was diverted toward the hall where Jaime was sprinting to meet them
“Steve” She called. David is gone…
