Chapter 5
Rebecca walked into the house, "Mommy there is a car across the street, it was there this morning and yesterday too." Sara looked out the window and saw a dark blue Chevy Impala with California plates. "I will take care of it honey," she said, "go do your homework." Sara picked up the phone:
Sara: Sophia, I need a favor.
Sophia: What can I do?
Sara: For the last few days there has been a car watching the house.
Sophia: Tell me about it.
Sara: Brand new - dark blue - Chevy Impala - California plates FRS 367.
Sophia: Will check it out and get back to you.
Sara: Thanks
Sara finished the dishes while she kept half an eye on the car.
Tabby pulled up and got out of her car.
The car across the street waited until Tabby got in the house and left.
Sara was starting to get worried.
"Hi Mom," Tabby said. "Hello sweetheart," she said. "How is everything?" "Just peachy," Tabby said heading for her room.
Sara was still thinking about the car when Gil came home.
He touched her shoulder and she jumped, "Don't do that! You scared the shit out of me," she told him.
"I called you and you did not answer," he said kissing her, "Everything OK?"
She was about to tell him about the car when the phone rang.
"Sara. The car is a rental. I am tracking it down and will get back with you," Sophia told her.
Sara took Gil's hand and led him to the couch, she told him about the car and that Sophia was checking it out for her.
The family was sitting at the dinner table when the phone rang again.
Sara took the call in the den, Gil heard her scream, and he ran to the den to find the phone on the floor and Sara crying.
He picked up the phone. "Honey, what is wrong?" he asked.
Over the phone he could hear Sophia's voice - "SARA, SARA you there? You OK."
Gil asked Sophia to repeat what she had told Sara.
"The car was rented last week by a Reginald Jones from San Francisco. That is all they knew. Who is he?" Sophia asked.
"Tabatha's biological father," he said and hung up the phone.
He pulled Sara to him, "What does he want? Why is he here?" Sara said crying. "I will get to the bottom of this," Gil said kissing away her tears.
She laid her head on his shoulder and cried.
"I think it is time we talked with Tabby," Gil said.
"Go get her," Sara said. Gil returned with Tabatha. "Tabby sit down, we need to tell you something."
Between them Gil and Sara told her the whole story.
Tabby knew her father had abandoned them and she knew that he was never a part of her life and never would be, they had never told her the part about the rape.
"So this Jones person raped you and that is how I came around?" Tabby said.
"Yes," Sara said, "and he has been hanging around the house. Has anyone strange tried to contact you?"
"You know I would have told you," she said, "but Nancy did say there was a man asking her questions about me. She became suspicious when the man said he was my father."
"Don't go anywhere by yourself until I get to the bottom of this," Gil told her.
"OK, Dad," she said kissing him. "By the way - YOU are my father, I love you Daddy," she told him.
Gil?s eyes filled with tears and his heart swelled with pride and love. Butterfly WAS his little girl.
Gil called he lab and told them he needed a personal day so he would not be there tomorrow.
Sara had asked Catherine to keep the children and Tabby stayed at Ruth's house.
The next morning the car was parked there again. This time Gil was waiting for him.
Gil walked to the passenger side of the car, quickly opened the door and was sitting in the front seat before Jones knew it.
"You better have a damn good reason for being here," Gil told him.
"I need to see Sara," Jones told him. "It is about MY daughter."
"You don't have a daughter," Gil told him, "and you will tell me what you want with MY wife before I let you near her. You have already put her through enough hell."
A little later Gil went into the house followed by Jones.
"Sara, Jones needs to talk to you," he told her.
They went to the kitchen, Gil stood behind Sara with his hands on her shoulders, he was there to protect her, to comfort her, he was there for whatever she needed.
"Talk quickly," Sara said.
"I just found out I need an operation, I need a kidney," Jones said.
"I wanted to talk to my - Gil gave him a dirty look - your daughter about one of hers."
Sara just looked at him, "You rape me, and almost ruined my life and now you want my daughter's kidney? You low life (I will let you use your imagination for what words Sara used - ha ha).
Gil stood behind her and softly giggled to himself. She was letting him have it with both barrels.
"I have 6 other kids," Jones said, "and 5 of them have turned me down."
"6?" Sara said, "I thought Mrs. Jones could not have children, OH I see - 5 other children from 5 other rape victims."
"Just let me talk to Tabatha," he said.
"About what?" Tabby said. "I had to see him for myself," she said looking at Sara.
"You are just as beautiful as your mother was at your age," Jones said.
"Never mind the bull," Tabby said, "What do you want."
Jones repeated the story. "Without it I may die," he told her.
Sara started to say something.
"She is of age," Jones said, "You can't make this decision for her. Tabatha think about what I said," he said.
"I don't have to think about it MR. Jones," Tabby said, "You are nothing to me except an accident of biology."
She walked over to Gil and puts her arm around him, "Gilly is my father, Gilly is the man who has always been here for me, and Gilly is the only one who has loved me and Mom."
Tears were in Gil's eyes, she had not called him that in along time.
"I believe you have your answer," Sara said.
Gaining some control of himself Gil said, "Get out of our house and out of our lives."
Jones stood and walked away.
"Gilly, I love you," Tabby said.
"I love you too Butterfly," Gil said holding his daughter.
"How about an ice cream sundae," Sara said (That was always their favorite thing to do when Tabby was little)
"Hot fudge with extra whipped cream?" Tabby said giggling.
"Sure thing Butterfly," Gil said smiling and taking Sara's hand.
