A Deadly Adoption Page #4

a town like this

with a family like yours.

You bet.

Okay, right there?

Right there?

Yes. Okay. I'm gonna

hold you to start.

Okay, I'm gonna

let go in 1, 2, 3.

Okay, don't get

too close to the road!

Sully!

Aah!

Dwayne?

So a girl's gotta

be more careful, huh?

What are you doing here?

Oh, you know. I'm just checking

up on my two favorite babes.

It's a nice house.

Yeah, well,

you can't be here.

I told you to wait

for me at the cabin.

Hey there, little girl.

What's your name, hmm?

Dwayne, cut it out.

You have to go.

Okay, okay.

Now.

I'll see you soon.

Go.

It was nice meeting you.

Do you know that man?

Sort of.

He scared me.

I know, but he's gone now.

Men like that,

you gotta be careful, Sully.

Most of them

just want to use you.

Did you see?

I rode my bike without

the training wheels.

I did, yeah.

But listen, if your daddy caught

you, he would not be happy.

So how about

we just make this

our little secret

for a while, okay?

But I want to show him.

I know, but if he finds out you

took the training wheels off,

he might

take your bike away.

- He will?

- Mm-hmm.

So don't tell anybody

about the training wheels

or the man that

was just here, okay?

Okay, but you can't

tell anyone either.

Cross my heart.

Coffee break

in 10 minutes?

Yeah. Can we

make it five?

Hey, how's Bridgette

working out?

She's really great.

She and Sully are

practically best friends.

What does Robert think?

Um, I don't know.

He's been kind of a

little shut down lately.

What do you mean?

It's like he's afraid

or something.

Afraid of what?

Oh, everything.

Life, having fun, Sully.

He worries about her so

much, I don't know what to do.

Well, maybe he should

see a therapist.

Oh, you know Robert. He thinks

therapists are for sick people.

Typical.

I really thought bringing

Bridgette into the house

and adopting this baby

would sort of pull him

out of it you, you know?

But it's almost like

it's made it worse.

Even I've noticed that Robert's

been a little off lately.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. I think

he's just stressed.

Yeah, once we have

the baby,

I feel like we'll all

find some peace.

- Is that how it works?

- Yeah, all right.

Go get your coffee,

smart-ass.

Hello.

You startled me.

I was daydreaming.

I do that a lot.

Wishing

you were on the lake?

Gosh, no.

Oh, sit.

The truth is, I'm actually

afraid to get on the water.

Afraid?

Some years ago,

Sarah had an accident.

Accident?

The dock broke.

She hit her head

and fell in the water.

She was

six months pregnant.

We lost the child.

You must have been

so tortured.

The worst part is,

I blame her.

I know

it was an accident.

If she just hadn't acted

so foolishly...

Yeah.

I just can't seem

to get past that.

Sometimes I think I may never

love her the way I used to.

It's funny. I've never

told anyone that before.

Well, maybe

you feel safe around me.

Maybe.

Robert, are you happy?

Happy?

I'm not really sure.

Sometimes I am, I guess.

What about you?

Are you happy?

I think soon

I'll be very happy.

You really are

a strange girl.

Hey, Charlie.

Good morning.

Coffee for me,

decaf for Sarah.

You got it.

How's work today?

Charlie?

Your coffees?

Oh.

You haven't turned the page

in five minutes.

Is everything okay?

Everything's fine.

Okay.

I was in

the pantry today

and I found an unopened

box of chocolates.

It was probably a gift

or something.

Come on, Sarah.

If Sully

were to find that,

you know exactly

what would happen.

Robert, what is going on?

You know the dangers

of diabetic ketoacidosis.

And Sully knows not to eat

candy unless we say it's okay.

You have to trust her.

She's six.

I cannot take this

anymore, Robert,

with all this worrying.

Ever since you got back

from your last book tour,

you've been completely

shut down.

It is suffocating.

I've noticed it,

Sully's noticed it.

Even Charlie said something

to me about it.

What is going on?

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

Bridgette?

Sully!

Were you spying on me?

What's that?

This? It's nothing.

Why do you wear that?

Look, I have

to tell you something,

but it needs to be

our little secret.

Okay.

So some women,

when they get pregnant,

they have big bellies

and some don't.

I have a small belly.

Then why do you have

that pretend one?

Because if I didn't,

your parents might not

believe that I have a baby,

and I do have a baby.

- I can tell them.

- No! No, no, no.

It's gotta be

just between us, okay?

Just like

your training wheels.

You don't want your dad to

take your bike away, right?

No.

So that's why

you can't say anything

or something really bad

is going to happen.

Pinkie promise?

Pinkie promise.

Hey, I have an idea.

Oh, I just got a text

from Bridgette.

Sarah asked me to take

Sully to the farm stand.

She did?

Mm-hmm.

Okay. We'll see you

at dinner?

Yep. We'll see you

at dinner.

Bridgette?

"To Joni.

Don't stop daring. "

It's Joni.

I didn't hear

what you said.

Joni Mathers?

I was at the reading.

Not here.

It'll be

our little secret.

Bridgette.

Sully!

Sarah?

Robert?

What are you doing here?

Sully! Where's Sully?

She's with Bridgette

at the park.

She said

you said it was okay.

I'll be at the park,

okay?

Is everything okay?

And where were you,

Mr. Benson?

Here in my house.

Sheriff, why aren't we

out there looking for her?

You were in the house.

What made you go out looking

for your daughter, Mr. Benson?

No reason. I'm just

very protective of her.

It's not unusual, officer.

He gets very worried.

Because of her

medical condition.

Yes.

Sheriff, have you issued

some sort of alert?

Are you putting up

a roadblock?

Are you organizing

any sort of search party?

We have people working

on this, I can assure you.

I just want to get

a clearer picture

of this woman

Bridgette Gibson.

That may not even be

her real name.

I'm sorry. Do you

know something?

Well, no.

What is there to know?

She's taken our child.

She's pregnant and we're

adopting her baby.

We actually know

very little about her.

She seems very nice.

I'm sure this is just

a misunderstanding.

We're wasting time, okay?

Our child has been taken

from us. She's out there.

She's sick

and she's scared.

Is there any reason

at all

for you to think of

for Ms. Gibson

to want

to take your child?

No. She seems

to like us very much.

We like her. No.

Mr. Benson?

Huh?

Any reason she might

want to take Sully?

No, I can't think of any.

Look, I'm tired of

sitting around here.

I'm gonna go look

for her myself.

Chief, we got a picture

from the agency.

Okay, great. Let's

get that out there.

Pass it along

to the state.

This a current

picture?

No, that's not her.

That's the wrong photograph.

That isn't Bridgette Gibson.

We double-checked.

That's Bridgette Gibson.

Is there any possibility

that the woman

that's been living here

is not Bridgette Gibson?

We should be long gone.

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