Paid Girlfriend

Speaking Out

I sit up, my eyes going to Zoe. She still sleeps, and the time differences have missed with my mind a little. It's still dark outside, and it's a little cold in here. I pull the blanket up over our bodies. Then I hear it, my phone rings on the bedside table. I grab it before it rings again.

"Matthews," I answer

"I heard you were in England," the voice said on the other end

"How did you hear that?" I ask

We haven't made it public yet. I've only been there for three days. Tomorrow would be the day we go public about it.

"It doesn't matter," he says. "Our first drop off didn't go as planned."

"Sending teenagers to do your work is not a good move," I tell him

"Why don't we try again?" he says. "I'm sending a letter to the hotel you're staying at," he tells me

I get up, forgetting about the cold and my nakedness going to the window of the hotel. "How do you know where I am. Have you been tracking me? " I ask

"You ask too many questions." He says

"What do you want?" I ask

"Half a million dollars, delivered at my chosen spot. By next Friday, or you'll never see your son again, " he says

"Let me hear him," I tell him

I let a breath out as the sound of an infant cry on the other end comes through. He hangs up, my eyes go to Zoe.

"Who was that calling so early?" she asked

"It was him," I tell her

"What he say," she asked, sitting up. "Is David alright?"

"I need to call constable Adams," I tell her

"Rafe"

"He sounded fine, love," I tell her as I dial the police number. I tell

Adams what the fucker told me. Zoe sit and listened in. Adams told me to make sure I brought my phone when I came up for the press release. After I had hung up with her, Zoe and I had an early breakfast. At noon that day we meet with Adams for tge press release.

"I'm going need to go through your hotel room" she tells me "I'll send someone out there to look through your things see if maybe he has you tiped off anywhere." She says "We'll have a specialist go through your phones make sure they are not wried"

"Mine too" Zoe asked

"Yes, he is getting his information somehow" she says

Zoe nods "Will get them back when their done love" I tell her

"It's whatever needs to be done" Zoe says

Adams nods "let's get this out of the way" she says

We step out and a camera flashs in our faces. "It has been been five months since Baby David had been take from his American home" Adams says into the microphone "we have reason to believe that his kidnappers are from England. And we have one suspect as of to-date. "

"David would be seven months old now" I tell the reporters "They say at this age it's a critical stage in their lives. Of bonding with mum and dad. But we have been robed of that. I'm asking if you know anything or have seen anything please come forward. Help us to bring baby David home" I tell them

"And for the ones that took our precious baby boy." Zoe says "We only ask that you return him healthy. Please"

I pull her into my side as the tears come. "Mr. Matthews and Mss Stone will be staying in Bath until farther notice. Please if you have any information contact the Metropolitan ask to talk to me constable Adams or one of the others that have been working hard on this case." She tells them