Sydnee stared at me with a mixture of horror and disgust, "Your a-a dealer! In my house, around my kids..I trusted you!" She threw up her hands in exasperation. I tried to explain. "Syd, I don't want this life any more I want to get out! But I can't have you around when I do that, its just not safe!" Suddenly the front door slammed.
Gage Kane was here. In Sydnee's house. Terror swept through me as I could only imagine the reason why.
"Listen, I don't care if you hate me right now...go upstairs, get the kids, lock the door, and call the police, got it. Don't look back and don't stop walking, no matter what." Sydnee listened, sensing the urgency in my voice.
Kane smiled uncouthly. "Hello, Knowles. Did you miss me?" I swallowed keeping my voice steady. "What do you want?" He didn't miss a beat. "I've come for Ms Sydnee today, to pay back a debt of course." I clenched my fists, "What debt? Parker is working for you, he isn't any trouble." Kane raised a hand. "Not his debt."
Sydnee didn't slow down walking for a minute. Kane stared at me. "I've come to collect on Sinbad Rotter's debt. In case you were unaware, that is your precious Sydnee's father." I swallowed. Kane smirked. "After all, she is his only daughter." I felt fury grow within me. "You'll take her over my dead body!" Kane stared coldly. "That can be arranged, I'm sure."
As soon as Sydnee got upstairs she called the police and her stepfather. Lucky for me, Syd's family showed up quickly. A red headed man (I assumed Sydnee's father) stared at Kane. "Hello, Sinbad." Kane stated evenly. Sinbad looked furious. "My source tells me you came to MY town to kidnap MY daughter. Tell me that isn't true." Kane shrugged. "What do you want me to say, boss? That its not true? I can't lie to you."
I was dumbfounded. I figured Kane ran the show, but apparently not. This sim did, and he was raging mad. Sinbad slapped Kane in the face. "What? You figured if you kidnapped my daughter you would get a biggger cut? Stupid, Kane, stupid even for you."
Kane took a step back as we all circled him. He was starting to look uneasy. "Boss, come on, its just business." Sinbad looked insulted. "I see. So kidnapping MY family is just business...well, let me show you how I do business, Kane." Zane intervened. "That won't be necessary, the police are on their way."
Kane looked like a mouse cornered by a cat. " You'll regret this Sinbad! I have connections! Your family won't ever be safe." Sinbad seemed amused. "Actually, I have more connections and you are very very lucky that my daughter called the police. If I had it my way you'd be at the bottom of a lake!" Phoenix and Zane escorted Kane to the waiting police.
Sydnee seemed shocked that Sinbad was in her house. "What, what are you doing in my house?" Sinbad rubbed the back of his neck. "Kinda asked myself the same question. I guess because your family and I don't want nothing to happen to you because of my mistakes." Sydnee mumbled a thank you (which I'm sure was hard to do) and walked off.
I approached Sinbad. "Thanks, for dealing with Kane and everything." He nodded. "No problem. You know, Parker came to me about what happened to your kid and I'm looking into it. Parker has a few leads he's checking out that look promising." I nodded. He spoke. "And just so we're clear: I like your day job, especially if your going to be with Sydnee." I smiled, "Yeah, I like it too, and thanks to you, that can be my only job now."
As Sinbad turned to go I realized that he represented who I used to be. The guy I hated being, and I'm sure he hated being. Ironically, this was the guy that helped me get the freedom I needed to be a better person. As he left, I knew I would never ever be that guy again. I was going to be firefighting family man. And that was okay with me.
Sydnee forgave me and listened as I told her the whole story. She was especially troubled about Reese's kidnapping and hoped we would find her soon. We talked about the future and I felt pretty hopeful about what was to come.
Then one day, Sydnee got a wonderful phone call. Parker had found Reese! End of Part 6
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Author's note: In case you were wondering about Emerald's pregnancy, she and Xander had a beautiful baby girl who they named Anne. :)
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