Page 23 of Paroled on Love

He grabbed his father's shotgun from the inside of the barn door and took off at record speed.

Carol phoned 911 and told them what had happened and that they were headed west on the highway.

Mr. Douglas came in and Carol was sitting at the kitchen table, crying. She related the story and he was stirred up too.

"Did you call the cops?"

"Yes, they are on it too. Frank, he took Leah, and Leah told him to take her and not to shoot Jeremiah. She saved his life. But now, he's after them and there's no telling what will happen." Carol cried. "Frank, Jeremiah said he aims to rape her first then ransom her."

"My God!There's not much we can do but wait." He fidgeted. "The cops will know what to do about it. We can't interfere."

"I know."

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Jeremiah was not far behind them now, but he didn't think the guy recognized the truck so he was in luck there.

If his mother got hold of the cops, they should be on the way too.

He was worried about Leah though.

The cops pulled Jeremiah over not long after he caught up to Leroy. Jeremiah got in the car with them and told them to follow the car. He knew the cops and that was a plus for him.

"She saved my life, she went with him to save me." He told them.

"It's alright son, we'll get him."

"Try not to let him hurt her." He told them.

"We'll do everything we can." They told him.

He relaxed a little because they finally had him in their sites. The guy speeded up. Jeremiah was worried now, it looked like they were going to be in a high speed chase now. Anything could happen.

A couple more units showed up and surrounded the man's car as he seemed to have run out of gas.

He ran as long as he could then finally, he moved to pull over. But he didn't get out of the car. Jeremiah was on pins and needles; he was going to use her as a shield. He knew it.

Sure enough, he got out of the car and put the gun to her head.

"You come any closer, she's dead!" He told them.

"Son, you're just making this worse for yourself. Put down the gun, give yourself up and you might not have to do any more time. You hurt her and we'll either kill you here or you'll go to prison for life. That's a given."

"She's gonna make me money. Don't you see?" The man yelled.

"Money won't do you any good, where you are going."

Leah looked so scared, and Jeremiah couldn't sit still and not do anything.

He moved around the cars and the guy didn't see him. He motioned to the cops to distract him.

They did, and Jeremiah jumped him, knocking the gun out of his hand. They wrestled on the ground until one of the cops leaned over them and told them it was over.

Jimmy got off the guy and the guy just laid there.

The cop cuffed him and read him his rights then led him to the back of the police car.

Jeremiah ran to Leah. She was still shaking. "Why did you do such a fool thing. Don't you know he might have killed you?" She scolded him.

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