The Weird Scholarship – Chapter Eleven.
The policeman new that Cassie was hiding under the bed. He looked at her and he looked pissed. “I see you under there. Come out now.” He took out his flashlight and shined it at Cassie under the bed. It was a big, black six cell Maglite and I knew they were used to force compliance as well as providing light.
Cassie slowly backed from under the bed and sat up facing the police officer. She was scared. “I… I… didn’t… do it. I… I… swear.”
The cop ignored Cassie and turned to the woman with the pentagram necklace. “Is this her?”
The woman shook her head. “No, it’s not. I told you she was blond.”
The cop shrugged and waved a hand at Cassie. “Who knows what color her hair was originally. I had to ask.” He turned to Cassie. “Now why were you hiding from me?”
“I don’t know.” She said it like a little girl who got caught taking a cookie from the cookie jar. It reminded me of the joke on Bill Cosby’s stand up routine where he talked about how children were brain damaged.
Her father played the tape in the car on every road trip. “Why’d you do it?” asked Bill. He then switched to a little girl voice and said, “I don’t know.” Then he’d address the audience. “See? Brain damaged.”
Cassie didn’t think it was a joke and neither did the police officer. He looked at her. “Never hide from a police officer. If I wasn’t so busy I’d arrest you for obstructing a police investigation.” He turned to me. “Now I have a few questions I need to ask you.”
Cassie spoke up. “We demand an attorney while we are being questioned.”
“I am investigating a kidnapping. Do you think you’re a suspect?” He glared at Cassie.
“We are just at a camp for the girls in a certain scholarship to get to know each other before we start college,” I said. “We don’t know anything about a kidnapping.”
“Is Elizabeth Jones the head of this scholarship committee? Do you know where she is?”
“Her name was on the paperwork,” said the woman.
I nodded. “She and the other girls are swimming at the lake. I didn’t feel good, so we came back here.”
“Do you know which road leads to the lake?” the lady asked.
“I think you just cut through the woods on the trail.” I looked at Cassie and then back at the woman. “We didn’t drive down there, although I guess there should be a way since there was an RV parking area by the lake.”
“What’s this all about? What would we have to do with a kidnapping? We haven’t seen anyone as we’ve been alone on the campground since we got here.”
“Someone stole my baby,” said the woman, “and someone will have to pay when I find them.” She pulled a chain from beneath her blouse and stroked a chicken foot suspended on it.
Cassie spoke. “There are no babies here. We are all college students.”
The woman just glared at Cassie and held the chicken talon tight in her hand. It was really creepy. Fortunately, the police officer turned to the woman. “We’ll find your baby. Let’s go down to the lake and interview this Elizabeth Jones woman.
They were about to leave when I heard voices coming from the woods behind the cabin. Bets and the other girls were returning. I wondered what I should do, but I couldn’t warn them without alerting the police. Besides, they were missing a baby. Maybe someone’s baby disappeared at the McDonald’s and they were asking because the van was marked and they thought Bets might have seen something.
The girls walked into the cabin. Violet was first with Melody close behind. Melody looked at the woman and ran up to her and gave her a hug. “Mommy, what are you doing here?”
The woman rubbed Melody’s back and then showered her with kisses. “I missed my baby so much. I’m glad you are safe.”
“Is this your daughter, ma’am?” the police officer asked.
“Yes, yes, she is. Thank you so much.” She looked at Melody. “You are safe now with Mommy. I’ll take you back home.” She looked at the cop. “How soon can we leave.”
The cop was about to speak, but Melody interrupted. “No, mama. I got two more days at camp, then I am going to college.”
“Nonsense. You are coming home. Who is taking care of you? Who is changing you and helping you get dressed. Did your father just leave you with these people without telling me instead of taking you back home when his visitation was over?”
The cop looked a bit uncomfortable, but Melody went on. “I am dressing myself now, and I am learning to change myself. I am not a baby anymore. And yes, daddy dropped me off.”
“But I am your mother and you have to do what I say. I am telling you that you need to come home with me.” So this was it. We were not going to deal with Melody anymore. She was pretty weird, but I had really grown to like her.
“But, mommy, I am not a baby anymore.”
“You’ll always be my baby and I am not letting you go.”
The whole interchange took place in front of the threshhold of the door, so Bets couldn’t get in, but she finally got in past Darlene and Veronica and finally stood up for Melody. “She’s starting college now. Surely you want the best for your daughter’s education.”
“Stay out of this,” said the woman. “Don’t you dare try to tell me how to raise my child.”
“Mommy, I am eighteen now. Daddy said it was my decision if I should go to college since I am now an adult. I’m not a baby anymore, Mommy.”
“You lost that privilege when you didn’t come back and you left home without telling me.”
“But I left a note because I knew you’d be like this. I am eighteen and I am going to college. You can’t stop me.” Melody turned to storm to her bunk, but her mother spun her around and held her by both forearms.
“Listen. We are going now. Pack your things.”
Melody stared back. I could see her legs were shaking. “No, mama.”
“You are my child and I will make you if I have to.”
The policeman finally spoke up. “No ma’am. She is eighteen now. You can’t make her go back with you. She is an adult now.”
Bets looked at the policeman. “Please make that woman leave. She is disturbing my students.”
The policeman looked at her. “You got to leave now. She’s an adult and she can make her own decisions. You have to let your children move on.”
Melody’s mother looked at Melody. “Fine. You can stay, but when you can’t handle college, don’t cry to me about it. If you don’t make it through, I will not send you to college when you are ready for it. You will learn to do your own laundry, and make your own bed, and deal with homework and everything without help.” She turned and walked out the door.
The police officer turned to Bets. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know she was an adult. I thought I was looking for a missing child.” He looked at Melody and just stared. “She is awfully childlike though.”
I looked at the policeman. “I honestly thought she was going to cave and go home. She is grown up today.”
“Well, I’m done here.” He turned to Cassie. “You, young lady, need to keep your nose clean. Not every police officer is out to get you.” He turned and left.
“Well, girls,” said Bets. “We had enough excitement for today. Free time until supper.”
The other girls ran out of the cabin.
I went to my bed. I was wet and I wanted a change. As I was l changing, I saw Melody lay down on her bunk. She wasn’t changing herself, but she was lying face down. I quickly took off my old diaper and cleaned myself with a wipe, before putting on my new diaper. I heard sobbing and looked over at Melody.
I had planned to go join the others. Bella had a Frisbee and Veronica and Darleen had ball gloves, so they were going out to have fun. However, I just felt bad for Melody. Why was she sobbing. Instead of going out to have fun myself, I walked over and sat beside her on her bed. I started brushing my hand through her hair. “It will be okay.”
“No, it’s not. My mommy is mad at me. I never disobeyed her before.”
I rubbed her back. “Don’t you want to go to college?” I asked.
“Yeah,” she said through sobs. “It’s just that she is mad at me and wants me to fail.”
“Well, you will have to make sure that you don’t fail then.” I rubbed her back and smiled.
“I’ll try not to.”
“Good,” I said. “You will be in my study group because you are smarter than me.”
“I’m glad you have such faith in me.”
“Now let’s go play Frisbee with the others.”
She reached in her bag and pulled out a clean diaper. “Change me first?”
I shook my head. “You know what to do,” I said. “Cassie showed you what to do.”
She managed to change herself. I did take the time to tighten the tapes though. I looked at the cartoon Teddy bears on the front of her diaper. “Where did you get the diapers with the cartoons?”
“Mommy gets them online,” she said. She pulled on her shorts and we headed out the door to join the others.
The End of The Weird Scholarship – Chapter Eleven
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