Chapter 52 of Tim and Michel
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(still seen and spoken through the view of Jamey)
"No, and I am sure he couldn't have gotten out. No idea he was that smart".
We started to look around the cabin. Both cars were still there and there was no sight of him. Michel kept looking but I decided to go inside. I walked over to the table. There were still some bits of the rope on the ground. Not a lot. Most of it looked like it came from where he had been tied with his legs to the table. I stood up, that is odd I thought. There was not any sign of the weights that had been on his balls. I saw the ones lying on the stack but there should have been more of them.
"Hey Dennis, something's not right here."
"What is it Jamey?"
"Look at this, there is some rope but not all of it and look at the cuts. Then there are the weights it seems that the ones he had on him are missing as well."
"What do you mean Jamey?"
"Well it almost looks like someone else has been here. Look this is rope is cut."
"Oh I see, so now what?"
"Well first make sure the others stay outside ok. If Michel wants to come in fine but we need to try not to disturb in here too much."
Dennis walked towards the door and just stopped Paul from entering. "Hmm better stay outside for a bit Paul, where is Michel?"
"I think he is losing it to be honest. I think he searched the cars and looked around and I suspect he is coming back to the house in a moment."
"Ok make sure when he gets back here that he is kept standing at the door."
"OH why is that?"
But before Dennis could answer it was Michel who came closer to the door. "Where can he be? If he is not in the house and not down here. I haven't looked on the bed yet. Let me get in so I can."
"Wait!" He heard Dennis say.
"Why, I am sure he is so afraid of me that he is hiding under the bed I want to make sure he knows I am not mad."
"Calm down Michel, he is not under the bed ok."
"You found him, where is he?"
"Jamey you better come down here."
When I came closer to the door I saw that Dennis was holding Michel, stopping him from entering.
"You found him Jamey?" Michel asked. He looked white, very white, almost as he was in shock.
"No, not yet Michel but why don't you come in and sit on the couch."
"You know where he is?"
"We might yes, so just come in with us. Get a glass of water Dennis."
I heard that Dennis whispered something to Paul and then walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. I put Michel instead of on the couch on one of the chairs at the table. I could explain best down here I hoped.
Dennis wanted to give him the glass but I said, "Wait, let's see how he responds, you might not, well you know..." He nodded.
"Michel, Michel, look here." Michel turned towards us, his eyes looked wild.
"Where is he Jamey? He knew I loved him and that I would never hurt him."
"He knows Michel he knows but Michel, please look at this."
I showed him the rope.
"Yes that is the rope he left it behind."
"No Michel, look at it, it has been cut and the other thing is that all the weights that were hanging on him are missing. Also there is not enough rope here. We are still missing quite a lot of it."
Now he looked bewildered. "What do you mean Jamey? Are you saying someone was here and let him out?"
"No, we think someone took him away and left the weights and probably the rope around his hands as well."
"No, no no no no no no no no..." Then he started to cry.
"Take him to their bedroom Dennis then go outside and explain to the others. I will need to give my granddad a call."
I saw that Dennis took Michel with him to the bedroom on the first floor. Paul was standing outside in the door and I got the feeling the others were not far away from him.
"Can we come in Jamey?"
"Yes but head straight off to the steps upstairs ok. I don't want any of you walking around down here."
"Ok, are you right, do you really think someone took Tim?"
"That is what it looks like. I hope I am wrong but at the moment it is strange that he is missing isn't it?"
"Yeah, but we think he just left for a walk or so."
"He might have been but did you find more rope and the weights somewhere?"
"No, but we didn't really look for them." Martin said.
"Well maybe two of you can go and do that and the others go upstairs and help Dennis to keep Michel quiet."
"What will you do?" Brandon asked.
"I will call my granddad and he can call Michel's dad and they will know what to do with Tim's dad ok."
"Oh shit his Mom. You think this might be Tim's Mom?" Brandon said startled by his own conclusion.
I had reached that in between as well and found that it all might make this look a lot more serious than it was when we entered.
They left and went outside again or upstairs. I got my mobile phone out and called. Granddad should be home and I was glad when he answered real fast.
"Jamey, I didn't think you would have time to talk with your old granddad this weekend."
I smiled. "No, granddad but I need your help. As far as I can tell Tim has gone missing. He is not here where he should have been."
"He run away or just went out for a walk?"
"No, I think this is more serious..." Then I started to tell him what I had discovered so far.
He was quiet when I came to the point that I had sent Martin back outside again and Michel and Dennis were upstairs.
"You think it is his mom Jamey?"
"No idea but that is the first thing that came into my mind, although we kept this a secret. There are not a lot of people know that where we are exactly Granddad."
"You want me to call the police and meet you there?"
"Yes and convince them as I was not sure they would come if I called and also call Michel's dad and he can tell Tim's dad best I think."
"Yes of course I will do that as well. Leave your mobile phone on ok and I will ring back as soon as I know what is going to happen."
I hung up and to be honest, I was glad that neither Michel nor I had to make those last two calls. The police well I had thought about that and I just knew I would not able to convince them. We needed bigger city guns to convince the locals down here and now the waiting started. I walked over to the stairs and looked at the room. Was there anything else that was different?
I might have missed something but so far the rope was one of the only things that was there that was not the same as it had been before.
Martin opened the door, "Can we come in?"
"Yes, but just walk straight down here ok."
They walked on the stairs and said to me, "You looking for something?"
"No, not really. I suspect you didn't find anything outside right?"
"No nothing at all."
"Ok, just stand behind me and look at the room. Remember it as it was before we left; is there anything at all that has been moved?"
"What?" Martin asked.
"Is there anything that has been moved since we left?"
"Doesn't look like it." He said after a few moments. Look even the DVD player is still on and the controls are still on the ground and the table."
"Yes I had seen that too and the vacuum cleaner is half way on the floor between here and the kitchen. I think that is where it was when we left as well."
"So, what does it mean then Jamey?"
"Well for one thing, Tim didn't walk around a lot but if he left he left almost straight from the table to the door and that is odd don't you think? He had some lunch but not that much. If he planned to run away he would have gone to the kitchen and there was nothing to be seen of any presence there either. Also... he left his clothes."
"Oh that, yea that is strange."
I noticed that he looked around again.
"Well we can stay and sit here forever but it is not going to move by itself so I guess we came to the right conclusion. I think we better go upstairs and leave this for now. Let's see how Michel is doing." I said.
We went upstairs and found the door to the bedroom open.
"Hey, you find out anything else Jamey?" Dennis asked.
"No not really to be honest, just confirmed so far my thoughts."
I could hear Dennis say damn very softly.
"Hey Michel, how you doing?"
He looked up when I said his name.
"You think he has been taken right Jamey?"
I sat down beside him on the bed. He looked vulnerable very much so I thought. I should take this easy I thought as long as I was not sure what had happened at all.
"I think he might but I am no police detective, Michel. I just found those few things that I told you downstairs odd and that is enough for me to make me wonder ok."
"Yes I guess but who?"
I noticed that Martin almost said something but he got an elbow from Brandon.
"I don't know, we just have to wait and see. I called my granddad and he will inform the police. That should make it a bit easier to get them convinced to come out here. I was not sure they would if I called."
"Hmm, good thinking of you Jamey." Brandon said.
"Yea, I also asked him to call your dad Michel."
I saw him startle when I said that. "Sorry I thought he had a right to know."
"Hmm, yea good idea Jamey. And..."
"I am sure he will be contacted as well."
Then my phone went off and I stepped a bit back towards the door.
"Jamey here." I said.
"Jamey I just wanted to let you know that the police are on their way. I also got the detective from down here involved and he should be on his way as well although he will be later."
"Ok, I will make sure we will greet them in front when they get here."
"Good, now I suspect that Michel's dad will be on his way soon as well. I am going to go over with him to Tim's dad. Not sure if he will come around but we will see."
"Ok, how did he respond?"
"More or less as you can expect."
"Hmm, did the police give any time window when they would arrive?"
"Yes in about fifteen minutes from now they should be there."
"Thanks let me know when there is more news ok."
"I will, just make sure you take care of Michel, Jamey."
We ended the call and they looked at me.
"The police are on their way and should be here in fifteen minutes. We better decide who is going to do the talking to them. I don't think it is a good idea if you do that Michel."
"Oh you, well maybe not." He said.
"We can do that Jamey, you and me." Dennis said.
He was definitely showing he was the most mature one.
"Do you have to tell them about the rope?" Michel asked.
"Yea I think we need to...."
"But that means they will want to talk with me for sure Jamey."
"Oh, yea they might. I looked around at the rest. You know what this will mean of course?"
I saw their faces go from one side to the other and back.
"Are we ready for this?" I asked again when no one said anything.
"What do you mean?" Dennis asked.
"Well that we are gay for sure, that we maybe do other stuff as well....." I said.
"Oh..." and while he said it he kept his mouth open realising what might happen.
I could see that everyone was starting to think about it and that no one wanted to say the first thing. I am not sure the others knew what the consequences were and how to deal with them.
"Umm, guys I...." Dennis started but stopped half way through the sentence.
"I think we all realise that this is something we don't want. We are not ready for it and have not even thought about it, so I haven't the answer on this one either but I know cops and they will continue to ask us questions until they are sure they have the right information. They won't easily believe that Tim was abducted if we don't present the full clues and if they don't believe these are right. So the rope and that nothing was touched and the missing weights are three important things in this. And with that said they will know what has been going on down here and will ask a lot more questions. So yes they will want to talk with you Michel and they will get to know the truth as well, that is if we want them to go and find Tim."
"But can't we be out of the picture completely like that we arrived later on this afternoon and were in town all day?" Justin asked.
"You think they won't investigate that?"
"Umm..."
"Sorry guys but this is about Tim and me so I think I better do the talking here." Michel said.
"Are you sure?" I asked him.
"Yea, I can't get you all involved in this. Yes it might become known that we are all gay for sure but the rest, well if it has to come out, it has to be something between Tim and me and not all of you. It's my fault, if I would not have bound him here then..."
"Would you do that Michel?" Justin asked.
It seems so far he was the most concerned about it all.
"No, but I want to protect the rest of you so you better stay upstairs when the police gets here. Jamey would you go down with me though?"
"Yea, I am sure they want to talk with me anyway as my granddad made this all happen."
"I suspect so."
We talked a bit more about it and it seems that Dennis, Paul, Brandon and Martin were as much relieved that Michel would take the heat to start with as Justin had been.
About ten minutes later a car came driving down the path. Together with Michel I went down and opened the door. We were going to meet them outside as we wanted to make sure they would accept the fact we had not touched anything inside.
"Ah, you are waiting already. Did you call some city cop earlier on?"
"Yes Sir I did." I said.
"Something about a missing kid right?"
"Yes Sir."
They came closer now and when they were in handshake range the first one said. "Well I am Officer Frank and this is my partner Officer Anthony."
"I am Jamey and this is Michel."
"Good, shall we go in?"
"Umm, no sir can we talk with you first out here?"
"Oh, why is that Jamey?"
"In there is where it happened and we need to make sure you know what happened before you go in."
"Oh ok, if you say so. You seemed to know a lot about this stuff."
"Yes, my granddad used to be a detective in town."
"Oh, that's why. Well tell us how we can help."
"Well when we got back from a swim in the lake this afternoon, one of our friends that stayed in the cabin was missing."
"So you had a fight and he ran away?" Officer Anthony said.
"Hmm no we don't think so."
"You checked to see if he went home?"
"Umm, let me finish. No we don't think he left for home. He was in no state to leave the house without help so we think he has been abducted or something like that."
"So he was drunk and not able to walk or anything then?"
"No, sir." Michel now intervened, "He was bound to the table and was not able to escape."
"What?" Officer Frank asked.
"He was bound to the table." I added.
"So before we go forward, why he was bound to the table, is that the only reason why you think he has been abducted?"
"No, sir there are a few more things like the fact that there was nothing moved in the cabin at all. So if he left he left straight off without touching anything which seems strange to us."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Yes we are. And Umm...."
"Yes go on."
"Well he left all his clothes behind that were on the couch."
"So what, he didn't need any spare ones to take with him." Anthony said. I saw that Frank was looking at us and then said, "No I think Anthony what they mean is that he was bound naked to the table. Not sure what is going on down here but if they are right then there is some strong evidence for abduction."
"Oh, I see." He looked at us now with a disgusted face.
"I think you better take us in so we can take a look around." Officer Frank said. It seems for sure that he was the one in charge and I was happy that he was.
We let them go in first and just stayed behind at the entrance of the cabin.
"Doesn't look too messy indeed." Anthony said.
"No, is this the stack of Tim's clothes?" Officer Frank asked.
"Hmm, strange indeed and no other clothes are missing?"
"No sir, not at all." Michel answered.
"Ok, what are these for?" Officer Anthony asked pointing at the remaining weights that were on the table.
"Oh, uh..." Michel said starting to colour now completely.
"I think we will come to that in a moment and I am not sure if you want to know that Anthony", Officer Frank said.
I saw that he started to colour now as well. I thought he might do that and I was lucky we didn't need to answer that one at all.
"Anthony, why don't you go upstairs and get the statements of the others while I talk with Michel and Jamey down here."
"Oh, ok, you don't need my help?"
"Listen Anthony. We have known each other long enough. You don't like what was going on before the kidnapping so I will get the details down here and you try to find out where the others were this afternoon ok?"
"Yea, ok."
"Sorry for that Guys", he said when Anthony was upstairs.
"I want the complete story Michel and Jamey. I am going to excuse Anthony from the case because of his views. He will never be objective in this and I know he won't mind but I need facts and the truth to do it and help the case to move forward."
So over the next fifteen minutes we told him what had happened that day but also informed him what had happened to Tim earlier this year and how we had rescued him.
"Ok, so any idea where Tim's mother is?"
"No, not really. I don't think she has been in touch at all."
"Who knew you were here guys?"
"Only us and my granddad and Tim's dad and no one else."
"Not even your parents Michel?"
"No, nor any of the others."
"Because of what was going down here?"
"No not really. Well not the bit about us being gay or anything as most of us are out to our parents but well the other stuff is definitely not known."
"Hmm, well we need to talk with all of them and the procedure is that they need to pick each of you up so be prepared to tell most of it ok, it probably will come up."
"You can't keep that a secret Officer Frank?"
"Sorry but if they ask why this is a kidnapping then I am sure we have to tell them why."
"Ah, ok well I guess we need to talk with the rest for sure."
"Good, get the phone numbers of their parents as well so we can give them a call. After that you can call them yourself. I will go outside and will make some phone calls and will be back in fifteen minutes or so."
At that point Anthony came downstairs followed by the others.
"Ok, guys. We need to talk." I said to them.
"He is an asshole that Anthony isn't he?" Justin asked.
"Yea, Frank is going to make sure he is off the case so hopefully you have been honest to him."
"We were he wasn't too specific in his questions."
"No, but we have another problem guys. Frank wants our parent's phone numbers. Each of them need to personally come pick you up."
"Damn!" Martin said.
"Yea, this is not going to be easy and I think that you all need to prepare to tell your parents most of what has going on. Not in detail but still..."
"I think I will give William a call, he better be here or he will be in deep shit as well." Martin said.
"Yea I think we are in trouble enough already." Jamey said with a smile on his face.
"You not going to abandon me are you Jamey?"
"No, don't worry. But we will need to come clean to your parents about most of it for sure."
Martin looked like a scared cat caught by a car in the night.
He walked off and I saw he had his phone to his ear. William should be here before their parents will be. I looked around where everyone was. I saw Dennis and Paul talking with each other and also Justin and Brandon. Michel stood still looking at the table where Tim had been before we left.
The whispering was broken by a lout cry of Brandon "No, No, No .... Why... Damn...."
"You think..." I heard Justin say.
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