Thaddeus was out and coming for her blood.
Chapter 3
Jane couldn’t believe her ears; her head was spinning with confusion. Thaddeus had escaped and had already left her a message saying he was coming for her. Jane didn’t know what to do first, panic was setting in, and she wanted to make sure that Layla was going to be safe. But another part of Jane just wanted to hide in the corner and pretend this wasn’t happening. At that point in time Jane wished she were an ostrich that could bury her head in the sand. Jane’s main problem was she couldn’t comprehend how this had happened. Thaddeus should be locked away in prison for the rest of his life. Her brain couldn’t quite process the situation as real. Jane could hear the rest of the station in a buzz around her. She couldn’t quite work out if they were talking directly to her or just around her. She couldn’t hone in on what anyone was actually saying or doing. Her mind felt like too much of a jumble trying to process, she felt like her head had been filled with jelly. But the one thing she did notice was when Perry burst through the station doors.
“Amy what is it? What’s wrong with Jane? I knew I shouldn’t of let her come to work this morning. I knew she wasn’t quite herself after last night.”
“Perry it’s not that. I didn’t want to tell you on the phone. But Thaddeus has escaped from police custody. He left a message on Jane’s voicemail and when we looked into the security breach of it we found out that Thaddeus was missing. Jane has been pretty much catatonic since finding out. We weren’t sure what to do we were hoping your presence might snap her out of it. It’s been fifteen minutes now if this doesn’t work we are going to have to consider calling an ambulance.”
“Oh my gods Jane. I cant believe this is happening. Sweetie can you hear me? Jane its going to be ok I promise. I will keep you safe I’m not going to let anyone hurt you. Jane please talks to me? Everything is going to be fine. I wont let anything happen to you or Layla.”
“Perry. I’m fine I’m sorry I didn’t realise that I had been so out of it. How long have I been sitting here like this?”
“About fifteen minutes Jane.”
“Oh Amy I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare anyone. I honed out for a little while trying to get my brain to process. I just seemed to lose the ability to focus and do anything else at the same time. This is mad. Superintendent Andrew Walden you remember Perry. Now tell me what is happening with Layla?”
“I remember Perry he has just joined us from being upstairs with Frank. As far as we can tell at the moment Layla is completely fine and safe. PC Ian Watson and PC Jack Collins have gone to meet Layla’s family and then pick her up from school. They will be brought here for debriefing and then we will ship them off to a safe location. I’ve got the full story on Thaddeus escape now. So we are going to be running point on the investigation as so far the evidence is leading to him coming here. So everything will be run through this office.”
“How did he escape?”
“He was in transit to another facility.”
“Why were we not notified? And why were they moving him in the first place?”
“He was in Belmarsh facility. So protocols when moving a prisoner is you notify the county police service, which is London, so the MET police were informed. The other prison they were moving him to happen to also be in the London borough so no other police forces needed to be notified. So protocol was followed. MET police were aware. Stupidly when Thaddeus and the other fathers were convicted they were all prosecuted by the same courthouse, which meant they all got sent to the same
Chapter 3
Jane couldn’t believe her ears; her head was spinning with confusion. Thaddeus had escaped and had already left her a message saying he was coming for her. Jane didn’t know what to do first, panic was setting in, and she wanted to make sure that Layla was going to be safe. But another part of Jane just wanted to hide in the corner and pretend this wasn’t happening. At that point in time Jane wished she were an ostrich that could bury her head in the sand. Jane’s main problem was she couldn’t comprehend how this had happened. Thaddeus should be locked away in prison for the rest of his life. Her brain couldn’t quite process the situation as real. Jane could hear the rest of the station in a buzz around her. She couldn’t quite work out if they were talking directly to her or just around her. She couldn’t hone in on what anyone was actually saying or doing. Her mind felt like too much of a jumble trying to process, she felt like her head had been filled with jelly. But the one thing she did notice was when Perry burst through the station doors.
“Amy what is it? What’s wrong with Jane? I knew I shouldn’t of let her come to work this morning. I knew she wasn’t quite herself after last night.”
“Perry it’s not that. I didn’t want to tell you on the phone. But Thaddeus has escaped from police custody. He left a message on Jane’s voicemail and when we looked into the security breach of it we found out that Thaddeus was missing. Jane has been pretty much catatonic since finding out. We weren’t sure what to do we were hoping your presence might snap her out of it. It’s been fifteen minutes now if this doesn’t work we are going to have to consider calling an ambulance.”
“Oh my gods Jane. I cant believe this is happening. Sweetie can you hear me? Jane its going to be ok I promise. I will keep you safe I’m not going to let anyone hurt you. Jane please talks to me? Everything is going to be fine. I wont let anything happen to you or Layla.”
“Perry. I’m fine I’m sorry I didn’t realise that I had been so out of it. How long have I been sitting here like this?”
“About fifteen minutes Jane.”
“Oh Amy I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare anyone. I honed out for a little while trying to get my brain to process. I just seemed to lose the ability to focus and do anything else at the same time. This is mad. Superintendent Andrew Walden you remember Perry. Now tell me what is happening with Layla?”
“I remember Perry he has just joined us from being upstairs with Frank. As far as we can tell at the moment Layla is completely fine and safe. PC Ian Watson and PC Jack Collins have gone to meet Layla’s family and then pick her up from school. They will be brought here for debriefing and then we will ship them off to a safe location. I’ve got the full story on Thaddeus escape now. So we are going to be running point on the investigation as so far the evidence is leading to him coming here. So everything will be run through this office.”
“How did he escape?”
“He was in transit to another facility.”
“Why were we not notified? And why were they moving him in the first place?”
“He was in Belmarsh facility. So protocols when moving a prisoner is you notify the county police service, which is London, so the MET police were informed. The other prison they were moving him to happen to also be in the London borough so no other police forces needed to be notified. So protocol was followed. MET police were aware. Stupidly when Thaddeus and the other fathers were convicted they were all prosecuted by the same courthouse, which meant they all got sent to the same
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