Her Lost Teddy, Marybeth Hale [the ebook reader .TXT] 📗

On a hot summer day, a little girl and her father started to pack their stuff after they got home from the funeral. "Daddy, why did this have to happen?" She asked as tears rolled down her face. "I don't know, Carla." her father said as he taped a box closed. He hated seeing his little girl cry but he knew she was gonna cry. Carla grabbed her teddy bear and wrapped it in her favorite blanket before putting it in her father's car. "Be careful, hun. We don't want to lose your bear." Her father said before Carla nodded. Carla loved the teddy bear her mother gotten her the year before for her fifth birthday.

"Crystal, we all miss you. Why did you shoot yourself?" Her father asked quietly as he was packing their photos and looked at one with Carla and her mother in the same picture. He sighed and grabbed the rest of their belongings. "Time to move on, Harold." Harold said to himself as he finished packing the moving truck before watching it drive off and then went and helped Carla into the car. "Don't worry, sweetie. No will harm you. I will see to that." Harold said strapping her into the car seat and then got into the driver's seat. "Where are we going, Daddy? Are we going somewhere close?" Carla asked as she looked around as they left the city. Harold shook his head while he kept driving though he knew that it would also break her heart. "No, my sweet princees. We are going somewhere far away." Harold said as he sent the new house's address to the moving fan so that he could drive to a fast food restaurant. "What are we doing daddy?" Carla asked before Harold parked in the parking lot. "This is our meal before we get to the house because it will take a while for us to get there. So we are gonna get dinner and go to a hotel." Howard said as he unbuckled Carla.

Carla grabbed her teddy bear as Harold grabbed his wallet. "Carla, sweetheart. Please keep your bear here. I just want us to get in and eat and get out." Harold said as he grabbed Carla and took her out of the car. "But Mr. Kisses." Carla whined as Harold closed the door graning before he put Carla on her feet. "Mr. Kisses will be ok. We have to go and get food. Come on." Harold said as he started to pull her into the restaurant forgetting to lock the door. As Harold held Carla while she cried into the restaurant, a man walked to their car and looked inside. "Must be something good inside." The man said before he spotted Mr. Kisses. He chuckled as he took a crowbar out of his bag. Before he could use his crowbar he opened the door and chuckled more before he reached inside. "This is too easy. But hopefully next car that has good shit, I can use you." The man said before he kissed his crowbar and pulled Mr. Kisses out of the car.

"What a stupid bear. My kids might enjoy it." The man said before closing the car door and ran away as the restaurant doors open. "See? That wasn't hard." Harold said as Carla layed on his chest while asleep from the meal. Harold walked to the car and unlocked the doors and put Carla in her car seat not noticing that Mr. Kisses was gone. Harold buckled her in and got into the drivers seat and started the car. "Great. Thanks to the meal hopefully she can sleep all night." Harold said as he started driving to a hotel. Carla started to wake up as she noticed that Mr. Kisses was not in her arms. "Mr. Kisses?" Carla asked as she looked around. "Baby girl, we are close to the hotel. Get some more sleep hun." Harold said before he pulled into the hotel's parking lot. Carla shook her head seeing that Mr. Kisses was not in her lucky blanket.

Carla started to fuss as Harlold got out of the car. "Honey, please. We have  a long day of driving ahead of us. Calm down and fall asleep." Harold said as he grabbed her blanket and walked to the lobby with Carla and her blanket in his arms. Carla started to cry and scream her head off while Harold walked to the front desk. "Is she alright, sir? I can get some staff to get her to sleep if you want." the desk lady said as Harold rubbed his eyes. “Yes, please. That would be great.” Harold said before he watched the girl type. The girl looked up at him as a few maids went and grabbed Carla as she kept crying. “Anything else I can do for you, sir?” The lady asked before Harold shook his head to get his thoughts back on track. Even though he loved his daughter, he didn't want her to cry anymore.

“Oh. Sorry, ma’am. I would like a room please.” Harold said as he got his wallet out. “Ok, great. Now I don’t have to worry about kicking you out.” The lady said as Carla got even more upset. “What’s this kid’s problem?” The maid asked before Carla got down and ran around making  her run after her. “Wait, little girl! Come back!” The maid yelled as she chased Carla into the stairwell leading to the basement. When she realized that she couldn’t find Carla anywhere, the maid started to scream before Carla pushed her down the stairs. “Mr. Kisses?” Carla asked as tears kept going down her face. “There you are, little girl.” another maid said before picking Carla up and walking into the staff’s lounge. “Your daddy’s getting worried about you.” The maid said before she walked to Harold’s room. “I’m sorry you can’t find your Mr. Kisses. I’m sure he’s around here.” The maid said before covering Carla’s eyes as the front desk women came out. The maid shook her head as she knocked on the door as Harold got dressed after taking a shower. “Come in.” Howard said as he buttoned up his shirt. Carla ran in crying more before Harold picked her up. “What’s wrong, sweetheart? Did anyone hurt you?” Harold asked as she laid her head on his chest still crying.

“Mr. Kisses is missing.” Carla said before Harold looked up. He didn’t realize that he was having sex while his daughter was looking for her teddy bear. “In the morning, we will look for him. Does that sound good, baby girl?” Harold asked as he softly rocked her back and forth. She nodded as she held onto him while falling asleep. “There’s my big brave girl.” Harold said as he laid on the bed and fell asleep holding her.

The next morning, Harold gave Carla a bath while he smiled looking at her and got her out and started to dry her as there was a knock at the door. “Police, open up.” An older man said as he knocked on the door before Harold got Carla dressed. “Coming. Just one second, please.” Harold said as he got Carla’s shoes on before going and opening the door. The man and a woman entered the room looking at Carla to make sure they didn’t step on her. “Can I help you, sir and ma’am?” Harold asked, confused as he didn’t know what happened. “Why yes you can. There was a murder last night. A young maid that worked here. We are from the Mudvein police department.” the man said as he looked around seeing if they had anything. “Oh my god. What happened?” Harold asked while Carla stood behind him. “Can’t tell you. This is Chief Felix. I am Officer Suvorina. Sir, we have a couple of questions to ask you.” Suvorina said as she looked at Felix. “Yeah, ask me anything.” Harold said before Felix looked at him. “Where were you during the time 8:30 pm and 10:25?” Felix asked as he got closer.

“I was here, sir.” Harold asked as Felix spotted a camera. “And what were you doing at that time?” Suvorina asked as she wrote down what Harold was saying. “Uh, Can one of you take my daughter out of here? I don’t want her to hear my answer.” Harold said before Felix picked her up and left the room. “How old is she?” Suvorina asked as she waited. “She is six years old. And I was fucking the female hotel desk clerk.” Harold said as he watched Suvorina. He felt worried as he looked around knowing that he looked suspicious because they had nothing in their room. “Where’s the mom?” Suvorina asked as she was starting to suspect him of kidnapping the little girl. “Her mom committed suicide. Why?” Harold asked before Suvorina put her notepad away. “It doesn’t concern you. Have a good day.” Suvorina said as she left the room and watched Carla walk back to Harold. “We must come back later, sir. I don’t trust that man.” Suvorina said before Felix nodded and then they went and grabbed the security footage for their room. “Let’s go and get something to eat and then we will look for Mr. Kisses.” Harold said before Carla nodded. “Up we go.” Harold said while Suvorina and Felix talked to cafeteria workers. “Wait, what do you want us to do?” The head chef said as she started to cook breakfast. “Take the man’s and the child’s plate and send it directly to us.” Suvorina said while she looked at all the food. “We can’t do that. Now I have to politely ask you both to leave. I need to cook and you two are not wearing the right attire.” The head chef said as guests of the hotel enter the dining room and start to get crowded. “Let’s go. I don’t want to make a scene.” Felix said before he pulled Suvorina out of the kitchen.

Harold and Carla walked into the restaurant-like dining room as Carla was wanting to start looking for Mr. Kisses. He noticed that Carla was squirming in her seat. “Please relax, honey. We will look for Mr. Kisses. Let’s get something to eat.” Harold said as Carla started to whimper and whine. “But