Cops are everywhere. They are asking all of
us 1000 questions. "Do you remember his behavior before he left for
school??? Was he acting different?" The cop asks me. "He was very
short with all of us that morning. We had all gotten in a disagreement the week
before. So we have all been acting out of character." Grace responds to the cops for me. I look at
her and she holds my hand. "What was the argument?" The cops ask us.
"Religious differences, you see our parents and I share one religious
belief while my sister has another. My parent recently decided to let our
brother pick his own religion and it has been a topic of debate in our
house." Grace speaks with such ease as she lies. I just walk away I feel
as if I am in a haze. I walk outside to see all the cops on our front yard.
"Cahira!" I hear from a distance. I see Chance running towards me; I
start to run into his arms. "He is just gone, no one knows anything. I
don't know what to do." I am crying my eyes out in Chance's arms. A cop
car comes driving up very fast and a tall cop comes running right into the
house. Chance lets me go as I follow the cop. "He was taken." The cop
tells my dad with and IPad in his hand. "Here is the video footage
sir." He says as he hands the IPad to my dad. I get right next to him to
watch it with him. It’s Percy just walking home from school when a van pulls
up. Two people jump out of the van and grab Percy; it looks like they stuck him
with something. I think they drugged him, his whole body goes limp and they
carry him into the van. The van takes off out of frame. "Is this all we have?" my dad asks
the cop who ran in with the IPad. "Yes sir, at this time this is all we
have, they had no license plate on the van and the van seemly disappears from
street cameras a few blocks later." My dad throws the IPad. "Not good
enough!! Someone has my son!!!!We need to be doing more!" I hold my dad's hand and he looks at me. My
dad instantly calms down. "I am sorry. Please just keep us in the
loop." My dad says to the cop while his eyes are locked on me the whole
time.
My
mother stands up off the couch where we are all sitting. "Chance honey, if
I give you some money do you mind going and grabbing us a few pizzas?" She
is so fake. "No need to give me money I'll just go grab some pizza for you
guys." Chance kisses me on the cheek and heads out the door. My mother
looks around at all the cops. "Can you guys give us a minute please?"
My mother says as she clear the living room.
She waits until all the cops are out of ear range before she starts
talking. "We need to kill who ever took Percy." My mother says. I
just look at her in shock that she cares so much about Percy. "Why would
anyone take him?" Grace asks. "It doesn't matter we just need to get
him back. I will tear through whoever I have to, to get my son back." My
mother says. "We will find
him." My dad says as he hugs my mother. "I want blood for this,"
my mother responds. "What is this more about Percy or your need for
blood?" I ask. My mother whips around to look at me so fast I got whip
lash. “I am not a vampire, Percy is my son and NO one messes with family.” My
mom says with such conviction. “We need to put our differences and beliefs a
side right now. At the end of the day Percy is all that matters to all of us.”
Grace says to my mother and I. “So how do we find out who took Percy?” I ask.
“We need to go through our list of enemies and make sure it’s not a power move
against me or your mother.” My dad says while looking at my mom. “You both
should do the same.” My mother says to Grace and I. “Who would we have pissed
off that would take Percy in a van?” I ask my mother. “I have 5 people in
mind.” Grace quickly follows. “Oh wow really??” Grace shrugs. “People love to
hate the best. I compete every chance I get. I have made a few enemies.” I just
stare at Grace who was looking at me. “Well unlike you guys I have no enemies.
I don’t talk to anyone so I am not sure how I could piss anyone off to the
point of taking Percy.” My mother looks at me and tilts her head. “Something
tells me you could.” I roll my eyes at her comment. “Cahira just make a list of
anyone you have had any bad or less than friendly interactions with in the past
year.” My dad says. I see Chance walking past the cop with the pizzas. I clear
my throat and look in his direction so my family will shut up. Chance has a
strange look on his face. He puts the pizzas down on the coffee table. “Cahira
you’re not going to believe this,” Chance says. A cop walks up to my dad. “We
have a witness who saw Percy being taken. We have him out front there is just
one thing.” We all run outside to talk to the witness. The cop runs fast behind
us. I stop when I see him handcuffed in the back of a police car. “He witnessed
the kidnapping while robbing a nearby store. He will only talk if we let him
off.” I look at Chance and instantly know what he was going to tell me. “I know
him.” I say as I walk out to the cop car.
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