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Quinn made his way to the cells of David's lackeys. After entering the prison basement, Quinn walked down the corridor between cells, until he came to the end.
David appeared to be strumming an air guitar, while his lackeys slept.
"Insomniac," Quinn grumbled. He slammed the padlock on the bars, waking up Jennifer and the others.
"You disgust me; Saying a girl's a boy, kidnapping her and planning on flying to Las Vegas. And for what; Because she hates rodeo and doesn't act like a misogynist male like you?!?"
"You don't know what I went through to bring that-" Jennifer started.
"What, befriend a teenage girl, strangle her, cut open her womb and take the baby?! Or did you just lie in wait nearby the Target toy aisle, and snag the kid while the mommy was distracted by a phone call?!?" Quinn asked, glowering.
Jennifer spat in Quinn's eyes, reached - grunting - through the bars, and snatched his sidearm.
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"Get all available units out there! Get help from the departments in surrounding counties if needed!" shouted the chief. "If those monsters get near Alysa's family again, there's going to be trouble!"
"Quinn!" Officer Orville shouted. "I don't care what kind of quest for glory you're on, you stay here and get that leg healed. Do not appear in that courtroom either."
"That's Officer Quinn," he whined after Sylvia left.
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David's group skulked around the impound lot, looking for David's black modified Jeep Gladiator.
"That arrogant little liar," Jennifer hissed. "I get my hands on him, I'll make him wish he never learned what Sailor Moon is!"
Despite their excitement at finding the vehicle in working condition, the group piled inside, buckled their safety belts, and just sat brooding in silence. It wasn't until after 3 hours they got moving.
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"Hello, Alysa. My name is Kortney Gold, I'm Lindy's sister." Said a gentle faced redhead.
"I'm Justice Shula," said a serious faced but gentle brunette with green eyes, "I'm Carly Rose's sister."
"You surname be Rose?" Alysa asked in attempt at baby talk.
Justice smiled.
"Rose would be my maiden name, Honey," she said. "I'm married."
"I'm a psychotherapist too," said Kortney.
"And I'm a lawyer like my sister, Carly," said Justice.
"Bad men do bad things to me. Day hut me," Alysa said, slipping back into baby girl mode.
"Would you like to roleplay with my sister and I?" Kortney asked Alysa, gently resting her hand on Alysa's belly. "Ah. The upcoming bundle of joy. Nate called us."
"Incidentally, our sisters called us respectively shortly after we hung up the phones on Nate," Justice added, grinning.
After Alysa nodded in consent, Lindy and Kortney started the roleplay by pretending to be Child Protective Services women rescuing Alysa from David's clutches. Then later, they pretended to be babysitters for Alysa.
Sometimes you just can't settle for how little you get. Sometimes it would just be easier if you could have everything you wanted. And until the trial was over and we got whatever finances we were owed, I would struggle settling with just roleplaying with my future wife and sister-in-law.
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The day of the court trial. Alysa, Carly, & Lindy each had a bag in which their bridal dresses were stored, as they planned to hold the wedding ceremony after the trial ended.
"So where are these creeps anyway?" Justice asked.
"Cowards are probably trying to book it to Vegas for some Dallas Cowboys away game," Carly said.
Alysa whimpered in her bassinet stroller.
"There there, Sweetheart. It's all right," Kortney soothed. "Remember that exercise we practiced? Close your eyes, breathe slowly, and imagine a peaceful place with all your favorite people and things."
So here I am again; Tucked away in my bassinet stroller, surrounded by women I trust and am comfortable with, and imagining the same women and myself in this carpeted basement with a reclining sectional hide-a-sofa, a kitchenette, and these doors leading to small bathrooms.
A white Kia Carnival pulled up and parked in front of the courthouse.
Out stepped a serious looking woman with black hair, green eyes, and a number of rings on her left hand's third finger.
"Yikes. Play by the rules with that family," said Kortney as the judge approached.
"Carly Rose, Lindy Gold, Alysa Aiday?" the judge asked. "My name is Tyra Law. I'll be the judge overseeing your case."
The group stepped into the courthouse and took their seats, while Judge Law stepped into the antechamber.
Alysa whimpered.
"Don't worry," said Carly. "It'll all be over soon, then we can all go home."
"Yeah," boomed an all too familiar male voice, "go home while I take my child on a trip to the greatest city on Earth; Las Vegas, for the greatest event on Earth; National Finals Rodeo!"
Alysa began crying like a baby girl.
"Tough up, you little brat!" David roared.
The Bailiffs arrived and subdued Jennifer just as David made his way towards Alysa.
"Touch her and you're-" David started.
"They're what, Jackson?!?" Judge Law asked. "I just got a call that an Officer Quinn had to have a bullet pulled from his knee and has to use crutches for about three weeks!! You're that desperate to make Alysa miserable?!?"
The noise of the short scuffle was too loud to really absorb.
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She was lying in the delivery room, female doctors and female nurses all around her; Seeing she was uncomfortable around males.
But given how she was mistreated as a child, that really shouldn't surprise anyone. So why does it surprise so many people?!?
The nurses all gasped as they lifted the bridal gown!
-Insert record scratch sound here. Close-up of face of blue eyed blonde girl with Bob cut blushing-
Yeah. I think this is about where we came in.
"Wait! I can explain everything!"
I could not believe my ears!! Nathan Aurum! The daddy of my, Carly's, and Lindy's little darlings! Here!!!
Carly, Lindy, and I; Lindy being right near the wall, were wheeled into the delivery room.
"Help me!" Alysa cried, falling flat on her back in bed.
"It's all right, Darling," said a nurse, "you're doing great. Just breathe."
"...and so, that's why she wears those and acts that way," Nate finished explaining.
"We'll do whatever we can for your adorable little ones and their mommies," said a nurse as Nate answered his phone.
He stepped out of the room.
A short while later, a ministress approached Carly, Lindy, and Alysa.
"My name is Trish Tenshi. Call me Mother. I was instructed to tell you Mr. Aurum has both good and bad news. The good news is, his book is getting published, and his new company is going to start soon. The bad news is, his grandparents were in a terrible accident and didn't make it."
Everything seemed to go silent and still.
It was like someone had hit the pause button.
"But," Mother Tenshi added, "with the unfortunate loss of his grandparents, Mr. Aurum is expected to inherit a considerable windfall, which he plans to use to afford possible collegiate tuition for his little ones."
Everyone seemed glad to receive the good news.
Mother Tenshi placed wedding rings on Alysa's, Carly's, & Lindy's fingers.
"Yes, please..." Carly panted, "marry us before our little darlings arrive!"
Wait! Now you're ripping off the Lethal Weapon 4 ending, you might ask me?? Tell me, would you write anything better, assuming you could do so, and anything could top that movie's ending??? No? Then drop it!! Considering Tolkien and others have done everything to death before a lot of us were born, is there really any point in calling anyone out for ripping stuff off anymore, unless they make their story too similar to already existing material???
Besides, Lethal Weapon 4 was one wedding and the births of two babies; Both boys. This, my story, is three women getting married - to each other, and the births of three babies; All girls. What, you going to try accusing me of stealing ideas from that movie: Three Men and a Baby, too? Word of advice: Never give someone with half as vast an imagination as mine any ideas they love. Their writing will blast your puny brain into orbit so fast, you'll think it's an alternate Earth in a totally different galaxy by the time you finally regain your bearings.
With the "I Do"s out of the way, Alysa, Carly, and Lindy each birthed a beautiful, healthy, baby girl;
Saki, Alysa's baby, was blonde with a heart shaped face.
Amadi, Carly's daughter, had red hair
And Astrid, Lindy's baby, had yellow blonde hair.
With help from Justice Shula and Kortney Rose, the nurses positioned the new mommies close together, each cradling her new baby gently but protectively. Kortney and Justice took positions beside their sisters. One nurse grabbed her smartphone; Opening the camera app.
Secretly from outside the doors, another individual had opened the camcorder app in his smartphone.
"Are we all friends here?"
"No way," Alysa grinned.
"We're family!" Alysa, Carly, Justice, Lindy, and Kortney chorused.
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