Greetings people! I'm sending out chapter 4
By the way, thanks all of you for all the great reviews! I'm loving them all! It keeps me havinmg fun with the fic!
Anyway, here it goes!:
Findings!
Sitting on the floor in front of the newsstand, Zoran held in his hands a comic book with a soldier toy that came with the comic. He looked at the pictures with a large smile.
“Atchim! Cough! Cough!” he sneezed and coughed for the tenth hundredth time.
God, it was hot in here.
His clothes seemed to hot for him within seconds, his feet were still soaking wet, his sneakers felt like he was walking on hard water and his chest hurt terribly. But still he sat there concentrating on his comic.
“Mrs Kovac, you dated the famous Dr John Carter, right?”
Abby nodded not understanding why this should have anything to do with finding Zoran.
“Yeah, but this was so long ago, what does it have to do with anything?”
“When was the last time you saw Dr Carter?” Malone asked ignoring her question.
“I think it was at Zoran’s first birthday, why?”
“You haven’t talked or heard of him in the last 3 years?”
“No, why would I? He lives in Africa, he talks to my husband sometimes but that’s it!”
“I heard you relationship with him ended a little strangely”
“I don’t know what you mean by that, but he broke up with me through a letter”
“And than not long after he returned to Chicago with a pregnant girlfriend who ended up losing her son”
“Yeah”
“And than they broke up, not long after he flew to Paris and than back to Africa to be with her, right?”
“Can you tell me what the hell is going on?”
He moved to stand with his back to the wall as he searched her face. Watched her reactions.
“When Dr Carter came back, you and him weren’t in friendly matter anymore were you?”
“Things changed. He hurt me, and well I hurt him while I was with him”
“How did you hurt him?”
“I spend most of our relationship worried about Luka who was going through a weird moment.”
Malone studied her, …. … She was telling the truth , but still John Carter, the so known respectful man, … … … Malone couldn’t understand why but carter just seem like someone no one would ever think of committing a crime… … …
“Mrs Kovac, just one more question, hum… … … if I’m not mistaken, Carter lost another child right?”
“Yeah, his wife got pregnant a second time but had a miscarriage”
“Thank you, you can go. Martin, can you get in here!”
Abby left the room looking back at Malone’s face. Carter was a suspect.
But why? Could he do it? Would he do it? Abby shook her head, no he wasn’t capable of this.
“Hi, there, what’s your name?” A returning from Africa, John Carter stood over Zoran. He didn’t know why but the boy looked familiar and lost somehow.
“Zoran Kovac” He stated.
“Zo, Zo? Where’s you mom?”
“IN the ER, but I can’t find my way back, so I’m going to deda’s home”
“Oh, God! Come on, kiddo, we got to get you home!”
“Atchim” Carter put a hand on his forehead and felt the kid burning up.
“Jesus Christ, how long have you been with these wet clothes?”
“A Long time. I was waiting for them to call to get on a plane to Croatia, but they didn’t call yet!”
“You probably have pneumonia by now. Come on”
“I can’t go with strangers” Zoran shook his head.
“I’m not a stranger, I’m uncle John, remember?”
“You send that weird mask”
“Yeah, that’s me” Carter shook his head. “Are you hungry?”
“I ate a Big Mac years ago!”
“Years ago!” Carter shook his head. “Here’s what we’re going to do. I’m taking you home with me, Mrs. Rogers can cook you something, and I’ll check how the temperature is and call your dad”
“But I wanted to go to deda’s home”
“I’m sure your dad can take you there some other time”
“Why?”
“Because your sick right now”
“They think Carter kidnapped him” Abby announced as she found comfort in Luka’s arms.
“What? This is ridiculous, why would Carter kidnap him?”
“Because he lost two babies”
“I lost two kids, I never kidnapped a child”
“Yes, but you dated a woman because of one”
“Ok, this has nothing to do with it”
“Ok, fine, Luka, I really don’t care, you know my son has been missing for over 48 hours and I’m tired, I’m loosing hope, I really don’t want to argue with you”
“I’m sorry” Luka sighed. “I’m getting tired myself. I can’t believe this is happening. It’s ridiculous, Zoran is lost looking or his bike. There’s no kidnapping here!”
“What if there is, or wasn’t and suddenly became it”
“Well if it did I’m sure Carter wouldn’t have done it”
“Why do you think Carter is an Angel fallen from heaven? I mean seriously did you forget you both hated each other when you started here?!”
“I missed judged him”
“Right”
“Abby, oh come on Luka, he’s a rich spoiled kid, who always had his way and threw a tantrum every time he didn’t.”
“So you think he kidnapped Zoran, do you really think he would be capable of doing this?”
“How should I know, and FBI agent seems to find enough reasons to have him as a suspect”
“Guys, you’re never going to believe this” Sam stormed in the lounge he hands behind her back.
Luka and Abby both stared at each other and than at Sam “What?”
“Look what I found” She showed them the bike.
“What? How did you find that?”
“Dr Weaver found it outside and took it upstairs to day care!”
“Wait, so, the bike has been here all of this time?” Luka stared a Abby and sighed.