If Anyone Falls

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Things were beginning to stack up against Marcy.
The attempted kidnapper gave them all the evidence they needed to get a warrant for Marcy's arrest.
After they took the attempted kidnapper away; Lindsey quickly called his lawyer.

His lawyer immediately had enough evidence against Marcy that when he brought the case to the judge that was to handle the custody case; the judge dismissed it.

Lindsey gave Stevie the good news that they would no longer need to worry about the possibility of Marcy taking their kids away.
Stevie was beyond happy; finally being able to relax and not worry anymore. She cried tears of joy and snuggled with the children before bed that night.

The only thing that they had to get through now was Marcy's trial for the charges of attempted kidnapping.

By that time, Stevie was two weeks into her ninth month.
She was extremely uncomfortable.
The night before Marcy's trial, the baby had kept Stevie up all night.
The baby kept moving, always changing positions. Not even music could keep the baby calm.
Around five in the morning, the baby finally had settled and Stevie was able to get a few hours of sleep.

When Stevie woke up, she could feel a huge difference in her body.
She didn't have to look to know that the baby had settled further down and her stomach was now lower.
She sat up and rubbed her stomach as she arched her back; she just felt a sharp pain shoot through her.
She breathed in and out.
Lindsey had walked out of the bathroom, he had just finished showering.
He looked at Stevie. "Steph, are you alright?"
"I just feel really, really uncomfortable. I think our daughter will be here soon." She sighed. "I can't wait for her to be out of me!"
Lindsey chuckled and walked over to her. "You're almost there angel. We'll be holding her in our arms before we know it." He gave her a kiss on her lips and rubbed her stomach.

He straightened up and sighed a heavy sigh. "Well, let's get this over with. Once today is over, we don't ever have to see Marcy again."

They made their way a little earlier than most to beat the crowd inside the courthouse.
Christine had joined them to support her friends and band mates.
They took a seat in the front of the room and waited.

As the minutes ticked by, Stevie began to feel the sharp pain again. She closed her eyes and breathed.
"Stevie, are you alright?" Christine asked.
"Yes, I'm alright. Just...I felt a sharp pain but I'm it's gone now.." She said trying to sound cheerful.

The courtroom began to fill up and Lindsey was surprised to see that most of Kristen's family sat on his side of the courtroom.
They made their way over to him and hugged him and showed him so much support.
He had tears in his eyes as he thanked them.

Finally, the side doors opened up and Marcy was brought in wearing handcuffs.
She quickly glared at Lindsey then at Stevie, then quickly looked away.

As soon as the judge walked in, he quickly called the court into session and it began.
Both lawyers opened up taking turns speaking.
After Lindsey's lawyer was done, almost everyone was against Marcy.

Evidence was shown and the man Marcy hired spoke against her. He told the courtroom all the details of what he was to do.
"Marcy Messner hired me to kidnap all three of the Buckingham children. I saw the gate open so I went in and hid at first scoping out the place. I only saw two of the children, so I snuck away and found a pay phone and called Marcy, I told her there was only two children outside playing. Marcy told me just to take the two. But boy oh boy, did that little boy know how to kick a grown man's ass. I wasn't expecting that." The courtroom laughed then the judged yelled for order then scolded the man for cursing. "Sorry your honor. But yeah, that kid kicked me in my groin, I hunched over then he kicked me in the face! That's how they got away from me."
Lindsey's lawyer asked a few more questions, then released the man from the witness stand.
Next Lindsey's lawyer had found Emma, she was next on the stand. Lindsey's lawyer wanted to show the jury that Marcy would do everything and anything to disrupt the lives of the Buckingham family.