Alvin better have a good excuse for why he's dragging me to the living room right now, I thought.
He tossed me into the chair in the living room. "Ally, I need your help. Tomorrow's the five-year anniversary of when our mother disappeared. Please make sure Simon doesn't watch the news tomorrow."
"I'll see what I can do," I told him, "but no guarantees."
"Gotcha."
When I woke up the next morning, I completely forgot about it, and Simon was completely frozen at his work desk, staring off into space.
"Simon, what's wrong?" I asked.
He didn't answer.
"I know about your-"
"Don't say it, Ally. It'll spare me the pain."
"Simon..."
"Leave me alone!"
"But, Simon.."
"GET OUT!"
The intimidation caused me to run out of the room. I was afraid he was going to curse at me.
Alvin took me into the living room again for a meeting. "Okay, so we all pretty much know that our mother is missing, right?" After noticing some nods, he continued. "Good. Now, I say we go out and find her. Who's with me?"
The rest of us pretty much nodded in unison.
"Great, but I'll cover Simon's back. Ally, think you and Jeanette can go to the library to do some research on her?"
"Sure!" I said. "Anything to get me out of here."
After a short walk over to the library, I snuck onto one of the computers. "Jeanette, I don't even know where to begin searching for her info."
"I don't know what to tell you," she said. "Maybe if you look her up on Google, something will come up."
Doing as Jeanette told me to, I found a link to some songs written and sung by a certain Vinny Seville. I willingly decided to check it out.
There was one song that caught my attention: "Halo (Simon's Lullaby)". I clicked the link, and the song's first notes began. But the weird thing was: I knew the song, and the way Vinny was singing it, she definitely made it sound like a lullaby.
Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make a sound
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I've got my angel now
"Oh my God!" Jeanette exclaimed. "That is her! But why would she name it as a lullaby?"
"I don't know exactly why, Jeanette, but all I know is she loves Simon very much... from what I've heard anyways. That's probably why she named it as Simon's lullaby."
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm takin'
I ain't never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
"She's got a beautiful voice," I admitted. "I wonder why shes's not popular."
"It says here the album was only developed a week ago," Jeanette stated. "That means her album should hit stores in about another week."
"Wow, I can't wait until Simon finds out the good news! He'll be so happy! When we search for her, he'll have something to keep with him."
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light
I swore I'd never fall again
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget
To pull me back to the ground again
Feels like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
The risk that I'm takin'
I'm never gonna shut you out
Jeanette and I found ourselves singing along for the rest of the song:
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Halo, halo
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
"Think we've got all the info we need?" Jeanette asked.
"Oh, hell yeah," I told her. "Come on! I can't wait to see the look on his face when we play the CD!"