| Chapter 20 ~ Brady House ~ �Bo�s not here so go away and don�t come back.� Hope yelled through the unopened door. �Hope I really need to speak with him.� Billie replied. �Do you know where he is?� �Anywhere other then with you sounds good to me.� Billie shakes her head. �Hope I�m not in the mood for games. Do you know where I can find him or what?� Laughing. �Billie Reed not in the mood for games �. And yet the ground didn�t open up from beneath me and suck me in.� �Very funny Hope. Where�s Bo?� �What did the tracking device you put around his dog collar fall off?� �That�s your husband you are talking about.� �And here I thought you forgot.� �Forgot what?� �That he�s my husband and NOT yours.� �Hope can you please just tell me where Bo is?� �Hey Billie, I�m right here, what�s up?� Bo asked walking up behind her with his arms filled with groceries. �You mind getting the door?� Upon hearing Bo�s voice Hope immediately opens the door. �Hey Brady.� She kisses him on the cheek. �Let me help you.� He turns his body so she can�t grab any of the bags. �It�s fine I�ve got them.� He makes his way into the kitchen. �So where�s your fianc�e?� Hope asked turning to Billie. �Don�t tell me he�s already called the wedding off?� Billie barges past Hope. �Very funny Hope but I�m not here to see you.� Bo comes walking back out. �Sorry I didn�t call you back.� He walks over to Hope and places his arm around her. �They told me at the office when I stopped by that you called but since you didn�t leave a message I figured it was nothing important.� Billie throws her hands in the air. �I�m sorry but I thought our daughter was just important to you as she is to me.� �Billie that�s not what I meant and you know it.� Disgusted �Excuse me while I go get the Kleenex.� Hope pushes Bo back and heads upstairs. �I wouldn�t want all the tears hitting my floor and drenching the carpet.� �Hope don�t be that way.� Bo yelled after her. �Bo come here.� Billie grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the couch. �Sit down and listen to this. Somebody dropped it off on my doorstep� She pushes the button and a recording begins. �I have proof that your daughter is alive. Meet me in the park at 10:15pm and I�ll tell you what I know. Come alone, don�t bring anybody� no cops no spouses or significant others and most importantly no ISA agents. If I see anybody but you and Bo Brady I won�t acknowledge myself and you may lose the only actually proof that you have that your daughter is still alive.� She clicks off the recorder. �So what do you think? Do you think it�s on the up and up or what?� She jumps up from the couch. �What am I saying on the up and up or not I have to go meet with him.� �Billie I don�t know about this, there�s just something not right here. We�ve been down one dead end after another.� �Bo please you have to come with me. This might be our only chance to find Georgia.� Frustrated �Billie I just don�t like this.� Holding her hands together against Bo�s chest. �Bo please I can�t do this without you�.. Besides you heard what the tape said � he wants to meet with you and me and nobody else �� I can�t even take Patrick in your place.� Bo thinks for a moment and then heads up the stairs. �I�ll be right back.� ~*~ ~SOME REMOTE PLACE ~ �Boss I just don�t get it?� Bart said pacing the floor. �What don�t you get?� Tony asked listening in on Bo and Billie�s conversation. �Well sir, Billie thinks she�s pulling all the strings. Yet a tape suddenly appears on her doorstep, telling her to meet him, because he has proof that her daughter is still alive, and yet she never questions it?� Tony lightly taps the side of Bart�s face and laughs. �Oh Bart old chap I never said Billie was smart.� �I know Boss but I still don�t get it.� �It�s simple Bart. Billie simple believes her mother sent it to her and by the time she figures it all out it will be too late.� Bart rub his hands together. �To late for what Boss.� �To late for her to realize she�s setting herself up for one hard, long, fall.� ~*~ ~ Meanwhile back at the Brady House.~ �Bo there�s no way I�m going to just let you walk out of here with her.� Hope yelled plopping herself down on her bed. �Hope I don�t think there�s anything to this.� He sits next to her. �I think your right yet again and it�s nothing more then a DiMera trap.� He takes her hands in his. �But I have to do this for Georgia.� �I don�t understand how you walking into Tony�s trap one more time is going to be any good for Georgia� not to mention Zack or Shawn.� �Fancy face it�s just something I have to do and I wish you�d understand that.� �Brady I do understand that. I do understand your need to find your daughter. I can feel the pain this is putting you through every time you talk about her, every time you sit on the floor and play with Zack. But going to the park tonight isn�t going to change any of that. Georgia�s not going to suddenly walk out from behind a bush and yell daddy.� �Hope please don�t fight me on this.� �Brady I�m scared.� �I know you are and I�m sorry.� A single tear falls from her one eye. �If something should happen to you and you don�t come back���� �Nothings going to happen to me.� He wipes the tear from her face. �I�ll be back before you can even miss me.� She leans in and kisses him. �Impossible Brady. I miss you already!� �Hope I�ll be careful.� He pulls her in and kisses her deeply on the lips. �And I�ll be back as soon as I can.� He stands to leave and she grabs his arm. �I promise you everything�s going to be okay.� |