Chapter 2.31: Saving Rebecca

     "Are you sure we should be doing this in broad daylight," Emrys asked as they approached the house.

     "None of the neighbors are going to question us going in to visit with the lady of the house," Ochre reassured her.  "Besides if anyone does call the cops by the time they get here we should be long gone."

     "Right," Emrys said looking around the neighborhood while he used lock picks to open the door.

     "Got it.  Where will she be?" he asked opening the door.

     "She was upstairs last time," Emrys said jogging up the stairs.

     "Mom," she called when they found her mom looking out one of the front windows

     "Emrys?  What are you doing back here," Rebecca asked turning to face them.

     She was older than Ochre remembered, of course and there was still something else different from his memories.  Her personality, bright and untameable as it had been when he was a child, was subdued now.

     Emrys ran over to hug her mother, "we're here to get you out Mom."

     "I can't.  Your brother," she began

     "We found him, Aunt Becca," Ochre interrupted.

     "Ochre?" she asked startled.

     He smiled when she didn't recognize him right away.

     "Hey," he said waving at her.

     "My brother is safe.  Joel's had him at a boarding school.  Hunter's already in place to watch him until Joel is arrested.  You can come with us now back to the house." Emrys said.

     "I don't know," Rebecca said.

     While Emrys argued with her mom, movement outside the house caught Ochre's eye.  He leaned over and looked out.  Sims dressed in uniforms were approaching the house in tandem.

     "Time's up," Ochre interrupted their argument.  He walked over to Rebecca and grabbed her hand and began pulling her towards the stairs.  "We've got company," he called over his shoulder to Emrys.

     "You need to leave," Rebecca said pulling against his grasp.  Ochre ignored her and continued pulling her along.

     "They're converging towards the front and back doors," Emrys said leading the way downstairs.  At the bottom, she turned and opened one of the doors leading to a bathroom.  She opened the window and climbed out first.

     "Clear," she called after a check of the surrounding area.

     Ochre helped Rebecca climb out as the sims outside broke down one of the outer doors.  He followed after as the first thud crashed into the bathroom door.  When he landed he saw that Emrys was already running and pulling her mother with her.  He took off after them and caught up.

     After a couple of minutes of running they made it to the street where a car waited with the engine running.  Emrys climbed into the back with her mother while Ochre settled into the passenger seat.

     "Go," he told his cousin.

     "We're gone," he said stepping on the gas.

     "Told you the neighbors wouldn't call the cops," he said looking at Emrys over the back of his seat.

     "Right," she chuckled as she tried to calm her breathing.

                                                                                      

Random Rambling

   Well, I'm gonna say this now.  I initially did not plan to have them run out in the way they did.  But it's so much more exciting (thank you Ochre, for looking to the side in that last pic, that kicked off the whole escape scene)