Alex opened her eyes and sat up in the bed still holding on to the picture. She decided she wouldn't let it go… ever. She would hold it, love it, and cherish it forever, and when Corey came back to her she would hold him and the picture as well. Wiping her eyes, Alex got on her knees on the side of the bed and prayed. She prayed for the safety of her children; that they would come back to her and be okay, she prayed that Riley and Angela wouldn't get taken away from her, too, she prayed that this wouldn't happen again, and she prayed that her marriage to Walker would soon get better.
Ranger HeadquartersWalker and Trivette stood in front of Darren Williams's desk waiting for some information. Walker was being as patient as his heart was allowing him but the waiting was killing him.
"Okay, thank you", Darren said hanging up the phone.
"Anything?" Walker asked.
"Well, I was just on the phone with York's ex secretary. She said that she quit once she found out what was happening. She also said that she did see Cheyenne and Corey being dragged into York's office by his guards", he explained.
"How'd she find out about his business?"
"She used to date his son, William, and she overheard him talking on the phone with some guy. He said that once they got to Cameron they were planning to stay there for a while to handle some kind of business and then they were off to New Orleans".
"Any idea of the business?"
"All she told me was that it had something to do with money", he explained as frustrated as Trivette and Walker.
"Where in Cameron are they?"
"Something about the office being in the heart of the city".
"Heart of the city?"
"Heart of the city", he confirmed.
Interrogation Room"Okay, William, I'm gonna get right to the point", she said walking around the table, "Your brother said something about last minute business your father had to take care of".
"I ain't got nothing to do with that".
"I know you know something about it", she said to him stopping behind him.
"All my father said was that he had some business to take care of in Lake Charles. But my father always have some business to take care of, nothing serious".
"What was the last minute business?" she asked him becoming impatient.
"Something to do with those other two Walker kids and the DA", he explained, "He said he was gonna hire somebody to kill them to keep his hands clean".
"Why would he do that?" she asked with a puzzled look on her face.
Walker's OfficeLucia barged into Walker's office with a worried expression on her face.
"Walker, you gotta get Alex, Angela, and Riley out of here", Lucia told him, "William told me that Billy was going to hire some one to kill them, which was the last minute business in Lake Charles".
"Why would he do that, he could've just… oh", he stopped his self.
"What, Walker?" Trivette asked him.
"I think he kidnapped Cheyenne and Corey to lure me over there so he could try and kill me as well. He knows that if he kills Alex, Angela, and Riley then that will drive me over to where he is", he explained.
"And he would've already killed Cheyenne and Corey", Trivette put in with a blank look on his face.
"Exactly", Walker murmured.
"Hey, Walker, what about the heart of Cameron crap his secretary told me about?" Darren asked.
"You'll have to find out where the heart of Cameron is", Walker told him.
Walker RanchAlex grabbed her keys and purse and headed out of the door when the phone rang. She ran to the phone and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Alex, you gotta get out of there, now!" Walker exclaimed.
"I was just on my way out", she explained to him.
"Get Angela and Riley from school right now and meet me at Ranger Headquarters", Walker told her, seriousness in his voice.
"Okay", she said hanging up the phone and running to the car. Driving down the laneway, she heard shots. Turning her head, she saw that some one was shooting at her home.
SchoolAngela Walker walked down the quiet halls of school with her books in tow. Turning the corner, a man stood there holding a gun up in front of Angela's frightened face.
"Angela Walker, huh?"
"How do you know my name?" Angela trembled.
"Don't worry about that", the man said grabbing her long blond hair and leading her downstairs to the main office.
"Angela!" Alex shouted running to her daughter's side.
"All of you down!" the man yelled pointing his gun at the secretary another man running into the room pointing a gun to Riley Walker's head, "Down!"
Everyone in the office went down scared that the man might shoot them.
"Who's the secretary?" he asked nobody answering, "Who's the damn secretary?"
"Me", the secretary shot up in the air crying her eyes out.
"I want you to call all the students into the gym pronto!" he shouted at her.
"You three are coming with me", he said to Alex and the girls pulling them into the principal's office.
"Come with me!" he told the principal, the other guy pointing the gun to him.
GymAll the students scattered into the gym wondering why they were called in. Justin Gage and Eric Trivette spotted their Aunt and wondered off to where she was.
"Aunt Alex, what are you doing here?" Justin asked her.
"Justin, honey, please go sit down. You, too, Eric", Alex pleaded with them.
"What's going on?" Eric asked.
"Who are these kids?" the man asked Alex pointing the gun to Eric.
"They were just going to go have a seat", Alex again begged them with her eyes.
"Are you okay, Aunt Alex?" Justin asked.
"Yes, I'm fine", Alex stated.
"You sure?" Eric asked her.
"Look, man, the lady says she's fine!" the man exclaimed he said firing the fun up in the air causing the students to quiet down.
"Come on, Justin", Eric pushed Justin.
"Okay man", Justin turned around and walked back to his seat.
"Did you tell them to come over here?" he asked Alex.
"No", she replied, "Where are my girls?"
"Don't worry about them", he told her.
"Where are they?!"
"Mom!" Riley yelled from across the gym.
"Riley!" Alex attempted to walk over to where she was.
"Hey lady!" he shouted at Alex, Alex still running to her scared daughter.
"Lady!" he yelled again lifting his gun.
"Mom!" Angela shouted Alex turning around, the man firing the gun shooting Alex in her stomach.
Alex looked down and collapsed to the floor. Riley and Angela ran to their mother, Justin and Karmen Gage, Eric Trivette, and Heidi Williams running as well.
End Chapter 7