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The plane landed in Raleigh. She grabbed her things and walked off towards the cab. She told the cabbie where she was going. Cameron. The cabbie pulled away from the airport. She looked out the window at the scenery she hadn't seen in five years. The cab pulled out on the interstate, she sat back in her seat and waited.
Matt woke up around eleven in the morning. He got dressed and let Lucas out the back door while he made coffee. Matt let Lucas back in the house. He was about to sit down on his couch when there was a knock on his door. Matt set the mug down and walked over. Matt opened the door; standing in front of him was his brother Jeff and his friends Shannon Moore and Shane Helms. Both Shannon and Shane had boxes of booze in their hands. Jeff had a box of food in his hands.
"Move, this shit is heavy," said Shane walking past Matt into the house.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Matt.
"Party," said Shannon setting the box down on the dinning room table.
Jeff had set his box on the kitchen counter and was now helping Shannon unload his box. Once that box was unloaded Shannon started placing the bottles on the counter. Jeff and Shane unloaded the other box. In that box was food as well.
"Why?" asked Matt.
"Why not?" asked Jeff putting food in the fridge.
"What if I don't want a party?" asked Matt.
"Then you will have to suck it up and deal with it," said Jeff closing the fridge.
"Whatever," said Matt walking back into the living room.
She looked out the window, Welcome to Cameron, NC said the sign. She watched the mostly highway scenery fade into a forestry scenery. The cab pulled up at the hotel she was staying at. She unloaded her things and paid the cab fair. The cab pulled out of the parking lot. She walked over to the main office and checked into her room. She loaded everything into the elevator and rode it to the second floor. Once in the room she collapsed on the bed.
Matt finally gave in and helped his brother and his friends set up for the party. They broke for lunch around two. They drove down the road to their dad's house.
Gil opened the door to reveal his two sons and their friends. All five of them sat around the living room talking and eating. Gil stood up and walked into the kitchen and tossed his plate into the trash. After a while all for men went up the stairs to Matt's old room, leaving Gil in the living room.
Matt opened the closet door in his old room. He was looking for an old coat. As he opened the door, an old photo album fell out onto the floor. When it hit the floor it opened to a page. Shane reached over and picked it up and looked at it. He started flipping through the album when Matt took it back from him. He started to stuff it back into the closet when Jeff jerked it out of his hands.
"Man, I was looking for this a few months ago," said Jeff. "Dad said he must have misplaced it. Why did you have it in your closet?"
"It's been there for years, Jeffro," said Matt sitting back down.
"Really?" asked Jeff.
"Yup," said Matt.
Shane jerked the book from Jeff's hands and started going through it from the beginning.
"Dude, is this Sky?" asked Shane looking at a picture of Matt, Jeff, and a mysterious blonde girl.
"Yup," said Matt glancing at the picture.
"So why has it been in your closet?" asked Shane.
"It went up there the first time Sky left," said Matt.
"That was '95," said Jeff. "You mean to tell me that this album has been in your closet since then? For 15 years?"
"Yup," said Matt.
"Why?" asked Shannon.
"Bad memories," said Jeff. "Every time she left it was a big huge fight with her and Matt."
"I don't get it. Who is she?" asked Shane.
"That's right, you never met her," said Jeff. "She is our sister. She is three years younger than me."
"Oh, okay. You never called her your sister," said Shane. "You always called her Sky."
"She never called us her brothers, it was always Mattie and Jeffro," said Jeff.
Shane closed the album and handed it back to Matt. Matt stuck it back up in the closet. All four men went back downstairs. They all said their goodbyes to Gil and went back to Matt's house to finish setting up for the party.
She had finally finished getting ready. She called another cab. She waited ten minutes before she walked down the stairs to the parking lot. The cab pulled into the parking lot. She climbed in and told him the address. After about twenty minutes the cab pulled into the driveway. She paid the cab fair and climbed out. She watched the cab pull out of the driveway and drive down the road. She shook her head and walked up to the door. She hesitated before she knocked on the door.
She waited five minutes before the door was opened. Standing on the other side of the screen door was Gil Hardy. Gil stared at her with slight shock on his face, she smiled weakly at him. He opened the screen door and she walked in. He walked back into the living room and sat down in his recliner. She took a seat on the couch and looked around the room. Gil never took his eyes off her. After about five minutes of silence, Gil finally said something.
"Bout time you came home, girl," he said. "Where you staying?"
"Motel in town," she replied.
"You can bring you things by tomorrow and stay in your old room," said Gil.
"I don't want to impose," she said.
"Skylar Ann Hardy you are not imposing. I haven't seen or heard from you in five years. I want my daughter home while she is in town," said Gil.
"That's the thing," said Skylar. "I'm moving back to town."
"I'll be damned," said Gil looking at his youngest child. "You talked to either of your brothers?"
"No. I got off the plane and caught a cab to the hotel. You're the first person I've talked to today that isn't a cabbie or an attendant at a motel," said Skylar.
"Well they are having some kind of party at Matt's house tonight. Drop by and see them," said Gil.
"Right and cause a scene in front of their friends. I think I'll wait," said Skylar.
"Skylar Ann, you will take you skinny ass over there tonight and see your brothers. Regardless of if it causes a scene. Understood?" said Gil looking at his daughter.
"Even as a thirty year old, you still treat me like a child. Glad some things never change. You still do it to Jeffro, too?" asked Skylar smiling.
"Occasionally," smiled Gil.
Skylar stood up to leave. Gil stood and walked her to the door. He hugged her before she walked out the door. The cab was sitting in the driveway. She climbed into it and told it to head back to the hotel.